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Colour

#BB897E

  • #BB897E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#BB897E is a red with RGB values 187, 137, 126 and HSL 11°, 31%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#BB897E#BB897E
HEX#BB897E
RGBrgb(187, 137, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.5373, 0.4941
RGB percentages73.3%, 53.7%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(10.8, 31%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(10.8, 32.6%, 73.3%)
CMYK0%, 26.7%, 32.6%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,290,430
CSS custom property--colour: #BB897E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29962WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.99:1
Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#447681

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#948F7Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0997Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C68286no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 7.1Dark salmon · ΔE 19.6Tan · ΔE 21.4Dark grey · ΔE 23.4Gray · ΔE 23.5Light pink · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 7.1, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7EB0BB
Analogous#BB7E92, #BBA77E
Triadic#7EBB89, #897EBB
Split complementary#7EBBA7, #7E92BB
Tetradic#92BB7E, #7EB0BB, #A77EBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F0E5E2
Lighter +20%#DEC6C1
Lighter +10%#CDA89F
Darker −10%#A96A5D
Darker −20%#8A5549
Darker −30%#694037
Darker −40%#472C26
More saturated +25%#D47965
Less saturated −25%#A29997

Channel breakdown

R187
G137
B126
Red187 (73.3%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue10.82°
Saturation (HSL)30.96%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BB · G 89 · B 7E

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