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Recognised as Colour

#BA495A

  • #BA495A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#BA495A is a red with RGB values 186, 73, 90 and HSL 351°, 45%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#BA495A#BA495A
HEX#BA495A
RGBrgb(186, 73, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.2863, 0.3529
RGB percentages72.9%, 28.6%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(351, 45%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(351, 60.8%, 72.9%)
CMYK0%, 60.8%, 51.6%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,208,474
CSS custom property--colour: #BA495A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness120 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.01:1
Contrast with white5.01:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#626262
Inverted#45B6A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#63615Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#807857no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.8 from the original
Tritanopia#CA3750no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 10.6Brown · ΔE 19.2Pale violetred · ΔE 19.4Light coral · ΔE 20.5Salmon · ΔE 25.4Firebrick · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 10.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#49BAA9
Analogous#BA4993, #BA7049
Triadic#5ABA49, #495ABA
Split complementary#49BA71, #4993BA
Tetradic#93BA49, #49BAA9, #7049BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2DDE0
Lighter +30%#E4B8BF
Lighter +20%#D6939D
Lighter +10%#C86E7C
Darker −10%#973947
Darker −20%#722B36
Darker −30%#4D1D24
Darker −40%#280F13
More saturated +25%#D92A44
Less saturated −25%#9B6870

Channel breakdown

R186
G73
B90
Red186 (72.9%)
Green73 (28.6%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue350.97°
Saturation (HSL)45.02%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BA · G 49 · B 5A

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