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Colour

#BFAEA8

  • #BFAEA8
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#BFAEA8 is a orange with RGB values 191, 174, 168 and HSL 16°, 15%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#BFAEA8#BFAEA8
HEX#BFAEA8
RGBrgb(191, 174, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.6824, 0.6588
RGB percentages74.9%, 68.2%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(15.7, 15.2%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(15.7, 12%, 74.9%)
CMYK0%, 8.9%, 12%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,562,088
CSS custom property--colour: #BFAEA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44176WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.84:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#405157

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2AFA8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6B3A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Tritanopia#C4ACACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8Silver · ΔE 9.1Light grey · ΔE 14.2Rosy brown · ΔE 14.9Gainsboro · ΔE 17.1Thistle · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 7.96, clearly different but related
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A8B9BF
Analogous#BFA8AD, #BFBAA8
Triadic#A8BFAE, #AEA8BF
Split complementary#A8BFB9, #A8ADBF
Tetradic#ADBFA8, #A8B9BF, #B9A8BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAE5E3
Lighter +10%#D5C9C5
Darker −10%#A9938B
Darker −20%#94776D
Darker −30%#775F57
Darker −40%#594842
More saturated +25%#D2A595
Less saturated −25%#B3B3B3

Channel breakdown

R191
G174
B168
Red191 (74.9%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue15.65°
Saturation (HSL)15.23%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BF · G AE · B A8

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