Recognised as Colour

#BD8D9C

#BD8D9C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#BD8D9C is a red with RGB values 189, 141, 156 and HSL 341°, 27%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

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HEX#BD8D9C

RGBrgb(189, 141, 156)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.5529, 0.6118

RGB percentages74.1%, 55.3%, 61.2%

HSLhsl(341.3, 26.7%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(341.3, 25.4%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 25.4%, 17.5%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,422,556

CSS custom property--colour: #BD8D9C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32269WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.45:1

Contrast with white2.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#989898

Inverted#427263

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#93959Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#9E9D9Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original

Tritanopia#C58B92no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 8.2 Light pink · ΔE 19.9 Thistle · ΔE 19.9 Pink · ΔE 20.8 Dark grey · ΔE 21.3 Gray · ΔE 22.8

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 8.19, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8DBDAE

Analogous#BD8DB4, #BD968D

Triadic#9CBD8D, #8D9CBD

Split complementary#8DBD96, #8DB4BD

Tetradic#B4BD8D, #8DBDAE, #968DBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5EEF0

Lighter +20%#E2CED4

Lighter +10%#D0ADB8

Darker −10%#AA6D80

Darker −20%#905467

Darker −30%#704150

Darker −40%#502E39

More saturated +25%#D37694

Less saturated −25%#A6A3A4

Channel breakdown

R189

G141

B156

Red189 (74.1%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue156 (61.2%)

Hue341.25°

Saturation (HSL)26.67%

Lightness64.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 8D · B 9C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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