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Recognised as Colour

#BCA8A1

  • #BCA8A1
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#BCA8A1 is a orange with RGB values 188, 168, 161 and HSL 16°, 17%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#BCA8A1#BCA8A1
HEX#BCA8A1
RGBrgb(188, 168, 161)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6588, 0.6314
RGB percentages73.7%, 65.9%, 63.1%
HSLhsl(15.6, 16.8%, 68.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(15.6, 14.4%, 73.7%)
CMYK0%, 10.6%, 14.4%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,363,937
CSS custom property--colour: #BCA8A1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4127WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.25:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#43575E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADAAA1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1AEA1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C2A5A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.8Silver · ΔE 11.4Rosy brown · ΔE 12.9Light grey · ΔE 16.7Tan · ΔE 18.8Gray · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.78, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A1B5BC
Analogous#BCA1A8, #BCB6A1
Triadic#A1BCA8, #A8A1BC
Split complementary#A1BCB6, #A1A8BC
Tetradic#A8BCA1, #A1B5BC, #B5A1BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FCFBFA
Lighter +20%#E6DFDD
Lighter +10%#D1C4BF
Darker −10%#A78C83
Darker −20%#907267
Darker −30%#725A52
Darker −40%#55433C
More saturated +25%#D09E8D
Less saturated −25%#AFAFAF

Channel breakdown

R188
G168
B161
Red188 (73.7%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue161 (63.1%)
Hue15.56°
Saturation (HSL)16.77%
Lightness68.43%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BC · G A8 · B A1

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