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Recognised as Colour

#BA8A99

  • #BA8A99
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#BA8A99 is a red with RGB values 186, 138, 153 and HSL 341°, 26%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#BA8A99#BA8A99
HEX#BA8A99
RGBrgb(186, 138, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.5412, 0.6
RGB percentages72.9%, 54.1%, 60%
HSLhsl(341.3, 25.8%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(341.3, 25.8%, 72.9%)
CMYK0%, 25.8%, 17.7%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,225,177
CSS custom property--colour: #BA8A99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30916WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.18:1
Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#457566

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90929Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9B9A98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C2888Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 8.3Light pink · ΔE 20.9Thistle · ΔE 20.9Dark grey · ΔE 21.7Pink · ΔE 21.8Gray · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 8.29, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8ABAAB
Analogous#BA8AB1, #BA938A
Triadic#99BA8A, #8A99BA
Split complementary#8ABA93, #8AB1BA
Tetradic#B1BA8A, #8ABAAB, #938ABA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3EAED
Lighter +20%#E0CAD1
Lighter +10%#CDAAB5
Darker −10%#A76A7D
Darker −20%#8C5264
Darker −30%#6C3F4D
Darker −40%#4B2D36
More saturated +25%#D17390
Less saturated −25%#A3A1A2

Channel breakdown

R186
G138
B153
Red186 (72.9%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue341.25°
Saturation (HSL)25.81%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BA · G 8A · B 99

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