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Recognised as Colour

#BD8C87

  • #BD8C87
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#BD8C87 is a red with RGB values 189, 140, 135 and HSL 6°, 29%, 64%. 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

#BD8C87#BD8C87
HEX#BD8C87
RGBrgb(189, 140, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.549, 0.5294
RGB percentages74.1%, 54.9%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(5.6, 29%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(5.6, 28.6%, 74.1%)
CMYK0%, 25.9%, 28.6%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,422,279
CSS custom property--colour: #BD8C87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31324WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.26:1
Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#427378

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#969286no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Deuteranopia#A19C86no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C8868Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 3.6Light pink · ΔE 21.4Dark grey · ΔE 21.5Dark salmon · ΔE 21.7Gray · ΔE 22.5Pink · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 3.58, a close match
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87B8BD
Analogous#BD879D, #BDA787
Triadic#87BD8C, #8C87BD
Split complementary#87BDA7, #879DBD
Tetradic#9DBD87, #87B8BD, #A787BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3EBEA
Lighter +20%#E1CBC9
Lighter +10%#CFACA8
Darker −10%#AB6C66
Darker −20%#8F554F
Darker −30%#6E413D
Darker −40%#4D2E2B
More saturated +25%#D47970
Less saturated −25%#A69F9E

Channel breakdown

R189
G140
B135
Red189 (74.1%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue5.56°
Saturation (HSL)29.03%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BD · G 8C · B 87

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