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Recognised as Colour

#BF959A

  • #BF959A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#BF959A is a red with RGB values 191, 149, 154 and HSL 353°, 25%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#BF959A#BF959A
HEX#BF959A
RGBrgb(191, 149, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.5843, 0.6039
RGB percentages74.9%, 58.4%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(352.9, 24.7%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(352.9, 22%, 74.9%)
CMYK0%, 22%, 19.4%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,555,674
CSS custom property--colour: #BF959A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34904WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.98:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#406A65

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B9B9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5A299no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Tritanopia#C79297no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 3.8Dark grey · ΔE 17.2Light pink · ΔE 19.2Thistle · ΔE 19.5Pink · ΔE 19.5Silver · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 3.83, a close match
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#95BFBA
Analogous#BF95AF, #BFA595
Triadic#9ABF95, #959ABF
Split complementary#95BFA5, #95AFBF
Tetradic#AFBF95, #95BFBA, #A595BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F9F4F5
Lighter +20%#E5D5D7
Lighter +10%#D2B5B8
Darker −10%#AC757C
Darker −20%#945A61
Darker −30%#75464C
Darker −40%#553337
More saturated +25%#D4808A
Less saturated −25%#AAAAAA

Channel breakdown

R191
G149
B154
Red191 (74.9%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue352.86°
Saturation (HSL)24.71%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BF · G 95 · B 9A

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