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Colour

#BFA9AA

  • #BFA9AA
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#BFA9AA is a red with RGB values 191, 169, 170 and HSL 357°, 15%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#BFA9AA#BFA9AA
HEX#BFA9AA
RGBrgb(191, 169, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.6627, 0.6667
RGB percentages74.9%, 66.3%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(357.3, 14.7%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(357.3, 11.5%, 74.9%)
CMYK0%, 11.5%, 11%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,560,810
CSS custom property--colour: #BFA9AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42355WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.47:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#405655

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACACAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1B0AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Tritanopia#C4A7A9no 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 text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.7Silver · ΔE 10.7Rosy brown · ΔE 12.4Thistle · ΔE 15.5Light grey · ΔE 15.9Gainsboro · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9BFBE
Analogous#BFA9B5, #BFB3A9
Triadic#AABFA9, #A9AABF
Split complementary#A9BFB3, #A9B5BF
Tetradic#B5BFA9, #A9BFBE, #B3A9BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBE3E4
Lighter +10%#D5C6C7
Darker −10%#A98C8D
Darker −20%#936F70
Darker −30%#77585A
Darker −40%#594344
More saturated +25%#D29699
Less saturated −25%#B4B4B4

Channel breakdown

R191
G169
B170
Red191 (74.9%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue357.27°
Saturation (HSL)14.67%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BF · G A9 · B AA

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