Recognised as Colour

#C0AAA9

#C0AAA9
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark grey

#C0AAA9 is a red with RGB values 192, 170, 169 and HSL 3°, 15%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#C0AAA9#C0AAA9

HEX#C0AAA9

RGBrgb(192, 170, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.7529, 0.6667, 0.6627

RGB percentages75.3%, 66.7%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(2.6, 15.4%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.6, 12%, 75.3%)

CMYK0%, 11.5%, 12%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,626,601

CSS custom property--colour: #C0AAA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4282WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness176.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.56:1

Contrast with white2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF

Inverted#3F5556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AEADA9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3B0A9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Tritanopia#C5A8AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.8 Silver · ΔE 10.6 Rosy brown · ΔE 12.5 Light grey · ΔE 15.6 Thistle · ΔE 16.3 Gainsboro · ΔE 18.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.78, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A9BFC0

Analogous#C0A9B4, #C0B5A9

Triadic#A9C0AA, #AAA9C0

Split complementary#A9C0B5, #A9B4C0

Tetradic#B4C0A9, #A9BFC0, #B5A9C0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EBE4E4

Lighter +10%#D6C7C6

Darker −10%#AA8D8C

Darker −20%#95706E

Darker −30%#785958

Darker −40%#5B4342

More saturated +25%#D39996

Less saturated −25%#B4B4B4

Channel breakdown

R192

G170

B169

Red192 (75.3%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue2.61°

Saturation (HSL)15.44%

Lightness70.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C0 · G AA · B A9

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