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Recognised as Colour

#BC828E

  • #BC828E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#BC828E is a red with RGB values 188, 130, 142 and HSL 348°, 30%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#BC828E#BC828E
HEX#BC828E
RGBrgb(188, 130, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.5098, 0.5569
RGB percentages73.7%, 51%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(347.6, 30.2%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(347.6, 30.9%, 73.7%)
CMYK0%, 30.9%, 24.5%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,354,190
CSS custom property--colour: #BC828E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2861WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.72:1
Contrast with white3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#437D71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8A8B8Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#98968Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C67E86no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 8.7Light pink · ΔE 21.1Pale violetred · ΔE 21.5Pink · ΔE 23.2Gray · ΔE 25.2Thistle · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 8.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#82BCB0
Analogous#BC82AB, #BC9382
Triadic#8EBC82, #828EBC
Split complementary#82BC93, #82ABBC
Tetradic#ABBC82, #82BCB0, #9382BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1E6E8
Lighter +20%#E0C4CA
Lighter +10%#CEA3AC
Darker −10%#AA6170
Darker −20%#8D4B59
Darker −30%#6B3A44
Darker −40%#4A282F
More saturated +25%#D46A80
Less saturated −25%#A49A9C

Channel breakdown

R188
G130
B142
Red188 (73.7%)
Green130 (51%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue347.59°
Saturation (HSL)30.21%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BC · G 82 · B 8E

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