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Recognised as Colour

#BC8D8E

  • #BC8D8E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#BC8D8E is a red with RGB values 188, 141, 142 and HSL 359°, 26%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#BC8D8E#BC8D8E
HEX#BC8D8E
RGBrgb(188, 141, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.5529, 0.5569
RGB percentages73.7%, 55.3%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(358.7, 26%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(358.7, 25%, 73.7%)
CMYK0%, 25%, 24.5%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,357,006
CSS custom property--colour: #BC8D8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31694WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.34:1
Contrast with white2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#437271

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95938Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A09C8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C6898Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 1.1Dark grey · ΔE 20.1Light pink · ΔE 20.6Gray · ΔE 21.3Pink · ΔE 21.6Thistle · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 1.11, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8DBCBB
Analogous#BC8DA6, #BCA48D
Triadic#8EBC8D, #8D8EBC
Split complementary#8DBCA4, #8DA6BC
Tetradic#A6BC8D, #8DBCBB, #A38DBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5EDEE
Lighter +20%#E2CDCE
Lighter +10%#CFADAE
Darker −10%#A96D6E
Darker −20%#8F5455
Darker −30%#6F4142
Darker −40%#4F2E2F
More saturated +25%#D37678
Less saturated −25%#A5A4A4

Channel breakdown

R188
G141
B142
Red188 (73.7%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue358.72°
Saturation (HSL)25.97%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BC · G 8D · B 8E

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