Recognised as Colour

#BF8F9E

#BF8F9E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#BF8F9E is a red with RGB values 191, 143, 158 and HSL 341°, 27%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

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HEX#BF8F9E

RGBrgb(191, 143, 158)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.5608, 0.6196

RGB percentages74.9%, 56.1%, 62%

HSLhsl(341.3, 27.3%, 65.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(341.3, 25.1%, 74.9%)

CMYK0%, 25.1%, 17.3%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,554,142

CSS custom property--colour: #BF8F9E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.64:1

Contrast with white2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#407061

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#95979Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original

Deuteranopia#A09F9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C78D94no 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 text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 8.2 Light pink · ΔE 19.2 Thistle · ΔE 19.3 Pink · ΔE 20 Dark grey · ΔE 21.1 Gray · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 8.21, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8FBFB0

Analogous#BF8FB6, #BF988F

Triadic#9EBF8F, #8F9EBF

Split complementary#8FBF98, #8FB6BF

Tetradic#B6BF8F, #8FBFB0, #988FBF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7F0F2

Lighter +20%#E4D0D6

Lighter +10%#D2AFBA

Darker −10%#AC6F82

Darker −20%#945468

Darker −30%#734251

Darker −40%#532F3A

More saturated +25%#D57996

Less saturated −25%#A9A5A6

Channel breakdown

R191

G143

B158

Red191 (74.9%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue158 (62%)

Hue341.25°

Saturation (HSL)27.27%

Lightness65.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BF · G 8F · B 9E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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