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Recognised as Colour

#BAAAA9

  • #BAAAA9
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#BAAAA9 is a red with RGB values 186, 170, 169 and HSL 4°, 11%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#BAAAA9#BAAAA9
HEX#BAAAA9
RGBrgb(186, 170, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.6667, 0.6627
RGB percentages72.9%, 66.7%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(3.5, 11%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(3.5, 9.1%, 72.9%)
CMYK0%, 8.6%, 9.1%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,233,385
CSS custom property--colour: #BAAAA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42053WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.41:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#455556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADACA9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0AFA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Tritanopia#BEA9AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 6.4Silver · ΔE 9.2Rosy brown · ΔE 14.1Light grey · ΔE 15Thistle · ΔE 16.8Gainsboro · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 6.38, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9B9BA
Analogous#BAA9B1, #BAB3A9
Triadic#A9BAAA, #AAA9BA
Split complementary#A9BAB3, #A9B1BA
Tetradic#B1BAA9, #A9B9BA, #B3A9BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFE
Lighter +20%#E7E2E2
Lighter +10%#D1C6C5
Darker −10%#A38E8D
Darker −20%#8C7271
Darker −30%#705B5A
Darker −40%#544443
More saturated +25%#CD9996
Less saturated −25%#B2B2B2

Channel breakdown

R186
G170
B169
Red186 (72.9%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue3.53°
Saturation (HSL)10.97%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BA · G AA · B A9

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