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Recognised as Colour

#BCA9AA

  • #BCA9AA
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#BCA9AA is a red with RGB values 188, 169, 170 and HSL 357°, 12%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#BCA9AA#BCA9AA
HEX#BCA9AA
RGBrgb(188, 169, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6627, 0.6667
RGB percentages73.7%, 66.3%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(356.8, 12.4%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(356.8, 10.1%, 73.7%)
CMYK0%, 10.1%, 9.6%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,364,202
CSS custom property--colour: #BCA9AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4197WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.39:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#435655

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACABAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0AFAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C0A8A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 7.5Silver · ΔE 10Rosy brown · ΔE 13.2Light grey · ΔE 15.5Thistle · ΔE 15.8Gainsboro · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 7.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9BCBB
Analogous#BCA9B3, #BCB2A9
Triadic#AABCA9, #A9AABC
Split complementary#A9BCB2, #A9B3BC
Tetradic#B3BCA9, #A9BCBB, #B2A9BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9E2E3
Lighter +10%#D2C6C6
Darker −10%#A68C8E
Darker −20%#8F7071
Darker −30%#73595B
Darker −40%#564344
More saturated +25%#CF9699
Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R188
G169
B170
Red188 (73.7%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue356.84°
Saturation (HSL)12.42%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BC · G A9 · B AA

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