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Recognised as Colour

#BA8A80

  • #BA8A80
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#BA8A80 is a red with RGB values 186, 138, 128 and HSL 10°, 30%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#BA8A80#BA8A80
HEX#BA8A80
RGBrgb(186, 138, 128)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.5412, 0.502
RGB percentages72.9%, 54.1%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(10.3, 29.6%, 61.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(10.3, 31.2%, 72.9%)
CMYK0%, 25.8%, 31.2%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,225,152
CSS custom property--colour: #BA8A80;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30175WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.03:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#45757F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94907Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A09980no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C58487no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 6.2Dark salmon · ΔE 20.6Tan · ΔE 21.4Dark grey · ΔE 22.3Gray · ΔE 22.6Light pink · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 6.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#80B0BA
Analogous#BA8093, #BAA780
Triadic#80BA8A, #8A80BA
Split complementary#80BAA7, #8093BA
Tetradic#93BA80, #80B0BA, #A780BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0E5E3
Lighter +20%#DEC7C2
Lighter +10%#CCA8A1
Darker −10%#A86C5F
Darker −20%#89554B
Darker −30%#684139
Darker −40%#472C27
More saturated +25%#D37A68
Less saturated −25%#A29A99

Channel breakdown

R186
G138
B128
Red186 (72.9%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue10.34°
Saturation (HSL)29.59%
Lightness61.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BA · G 8A · B 80

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