Colour

#BF8F88

#BF8F88
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#BF8F88 is a red with RGB values 191, 143, 136 and HSL 8°, 30%, 64%. 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#BF8F88

RGBrgb(191, 143, 136)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.5608, 0.5333

RGB percentages74.9%, 56.1%, 53.3%

HSLhsl(7.6, 30.1%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(7.6, 28.8%, 74.9%)

CMYK0%, 25.1%, 28.8%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,554,120

CSS custom property--colour: #BF8F88;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32499WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.5:1

Contrast with white2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#407077

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#999587no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A49E87no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original

Tritanopia#CA898Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 4.2 Dark grey · ΔE 21 Dark salmon · ΔE 21.1 Light pink · ΔE 21.2 Tan · ΔE 21.4 Pink · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 4.21, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#88B8BF

Analogous#BF889D, #BFAB88

Triadic#88BF8F, #8F88BF

Split complementary#88BFAB, #889DBF

Tetradic#9DBF88, #88B8BF, #AB88BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5EDEB

Lighter +20%#E3CDCA

Lighter +10%#D1AEA9

Darker −10%#AD7067

Darker −20%#92574F

Darker −30%#71443D

Darker −40%#50302B

More saturated +25%#D67E71

Less saturated −25%#A8A09F

Channel breakdown

R191

G143

B136

Red191 (74.9%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue136 (53.3%)

Hue7.64°

Saturation (HSL)30.05%

Lightness64.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BF · G 8F · B 88

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