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Recognised as Colour

#BCAFAD

  • #BCAFAD
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#BCAFAD is a red with RGB values 188, 175, 173 and HSL 8°, 10%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#BCAFAD#BCAFAD
HEX#BCAFAD
RGBrgb(188, 175, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.6863, 0.6784
RGB percentages73.7%, 68.6%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(8, 10.1%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(8, 8%, 73.7%)
CMYK0%, 6.9%, 8%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,365,741
CSS custom property--colour: #BCAFAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44368WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.87:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#435052

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1B0ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4B3ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#BFAEAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 6Silver · ΔE 7.3Light grey · ΔE 13.1Rosy brown · ΔE 16Gainsboro · ΔE 16.1Thistle · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 6.01, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ADBABC
Analogous#BCADB3, #BCB6AD
Triadic#ADBCAF, #AFADBC
Split complementary#ADBCB6, #ADB3BC
Tetradic#B3BCAD, #ADBABC, #B7ADBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAE6E5
Lighter +10%#D3CAC9
Darker −10%#A59491
Darker −20%#8E7875
Darker −30%#72605E
Darker −40%#564947
More saturated +25%#CFA19A
Less saturated −25%#B4B4B4

Channel breakdown

R188
G175
B173
Red188 (73.7%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue8°
Saturation (HSL)10.07%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BC · G AF · B AD

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