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Recognised as Colour

#BBACAD

  • #BBACAD
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#BBACAD is a red with RGB values 187, 172, 173 and HSL 356°, 10%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#BBACAD#BBACAD
HEX#BBACAD
RGBrgb(187, 172, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.6745, 0.6784
RGB percentages73.3%, 67.5%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(356, 9.9%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(356, 8%, 73.3%)
CMYK0%, 8%, 7.5%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,299,437
CSS custom property--colour: #BBACAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43087WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.62:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#445352

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEAEADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1B0ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#BEABACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 6.2Silver · ΔE 8.4Light grey · ΔE 14.2Rosy brown · ΔE 14.9Thistle · ΔE 15.6Gainsboro · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 6.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ACBBBA
Analogous#BBACB4, #BBB3AC
Triadic#ADBBAC, #ACADBB
Split complementary#ACBBB3, #ACB5BB
Tetradic#B4BBAC, #ACBBBA, #B3ACBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9E4E4
Lighter +10%#D2C8C9
Darker −10%#A49091
Darker −20%#8D7476
Darker −30%#715D5E
Darker −40%#554647
More saturated +25%#CE999D
Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R187
G172
B173
Red187 (73.3%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue356°
Saturation (HSL)9.93%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BB · G AC · B AD

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