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Recognised as Colour

#BFAFAE

  • #BFAFAE
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#BFAFAE is a red with RGB values 191, 175, 174 and HSL 4°, 12%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#BFAFAE#BFAFAE
HEX#BFAFAE
RGBrgb(191, 175, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.6863, 0.6824
RGB percentages74.9%, 68.6%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(3.5, 11.7%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(3.5, 8.9%, 74.9%)
CMYK0%, 8.4%, 8.9%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,562,350
CSS custom property--colour: #BFAFAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44792WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.96:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#405051

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B1AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5B4AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#C3AEAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 7.1Silver · ΔE 7.9Light grey · ΔE 13.3Rosy brown · ΔE 15.2Thistle · ΔE 15.9Gainsboro · ΔE 16.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 7.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AEBEBF
Analogous#BFAEB5, #BFB7AE
Triadic#AEBFAF, #AFAEBF
Split complementary#AEBFB7, #AEB5BF
Tetradic#B5BFAE, #AEBEBF, #B7AEBF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECE7E7
Lighter +10%#D6CBCA
Darker −10%#A89392
Darker −20%#927775
Darker −30%#765F5E
Darker −40%#5A4847
More saturated +25%#D19F9C
Less saturated −25%#B6B6B6

Channel breakdown

R191
G175
B174
Red191 (74.9%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue3.53°
Saturation (HSL)11.72%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BF · G AF · B AE

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