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Recognised as Colour

#BD8E98

  • #BD8E98
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#BD8E98 is a red with RGB values 189, 142, 152 and HSL 347°, 26%, 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

#BD8E98#BD8E98
HEX#BD8E98
RGBrgb(189, 142, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.5569, 0.5961
RGB percentages74.1%, 55.7%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(347.2, 26.3%, 64.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(347.2, 24.9%, 74.1%)
CMYK0%, 24.9%, 19.6%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,422,808
CSS custom property--colour: #BD8E98;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32432WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.49:1
Contrast with white2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#427167

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#949598no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9F9D97no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C68B91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 5.5Light pink · ΔE 19.7Dark grey · ΔE 20.2Pink · ΔE 20.5Thistle · ΔE 20.6Gray · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 5.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8EBDB3
Analogous#BD8EAF, #BD9C8E
Triadic#98BD8E, #8E98BD
Split complementary#8EBD9C, #8EAFBD
Tetradic#B0BD8E, #8EBDB3, #9C8EBD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5EFF0
Lighter +20%#E3CED3
Lighter +10%#D0AEB5
Darker −10%#AA6E7B
Darker −20%#915461
Darker −30%#70424C
Darker −40%#502F36
More saturated +25%#D3788B
Less saturated −25%#A7A4A5

Channel breakdown

R189
G142
B152
Red189 (74.1%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue347.23°
Saturation (HSL)26.26%
Lightness64.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BD · G 8E · B 98

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