Recognised as Colour

#BE8D99

#BE8D99
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#BE8D99 is a red with RGB values 190, 141, 153 and HSL 345°, 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#BE8D99

RGBrgb(190, 141, 153)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.5529, 0.6

RGB percentages74.5%, 55.3%, 60%

HSLhsl(345.3, 27.4%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.3, 25.8%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 25.8%, 19.5%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,488,089

CSS custom property--colour: #BE8D99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32297WCAG 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 7.46:1

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

Contrast with black7.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#989898

Inverted#417266

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#939599no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#9F9D98no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original

Tritanopia#C78A91no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 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 text7.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 6.6 Light pink · ΔE 19.5 Pink · ΔE 20.5 Thistle · ΔE 20.7 Dark grey · ΔE 21.2 Gray · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 6.6, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8DBEB2

Analogous#BE8DB2, #BE9A8D

Triadic#99BE8D, #8D99BE

Split complementary#8DBE9A, #8DB2BE

Tetradic#B1BE8D, #8DBEB2, #9A8DBE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6EEF0

Lighter +20%#E3CED3

Lighter +10%#D1ADB6

Darker −10%#AB6D7C

Darker −20%#925363

Darker −30%#71414D

Darker −40%#512E37

More saturated +25%#D4778E

Less saturated −25%#A8A3A4

Channel breakdown

R190

G141

B153

Red190 (74.5%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue153 (60%)

Hue345.31°

Saturation (HSL)27.37%

Lightness64.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G 8D · B 99

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