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Recognised as Colour

#BDA9AA

  • #BDA9AA
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#BDA9AA is a red with RGB values 189, 169, 170 and HSL 357°, 13%, 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

#BDA9AA#BDA9AA
HEX#BDA9AA
RGBrgb(189, 169, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.6627, 0.6667
RGB percentages74.1%, 66.3%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(357, 13.2%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(357, 10.6%, 74.1%)
CMYK0%, 10.6%, 10.1%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,429,738
CSS custom property--colour: #BDA9AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.42:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#425655

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACACAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0AFAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#C2A7A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 7.9Silver · ΔE 10.2Rosy brown · ΔE 12.9Light grey · ΔE 15.6Thistle · ΔE 15.7Gainsboro · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 7.88, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9BDBC
Analogous#BDA9B4, #BDB2A9
Triadic#AABDA9, #A9AABD
Split complementary#A9BDB2, #A9B4BD
Tetradic#B4BDA9, #A9BDBC, #B2A9BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9E3E3
Lighter +10%#D3C6C7
Darker −10%#A78C8D
Darker −20%#916F71
Darker −30%#74595A
Darker −40%#574344
More saturated +25%#D09699
Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R189
G169
B170
Red189 (74.1%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue357°
Saturation (HSL)13.16%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BD · G A9 · B AA

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