Recognised as Colour

#C38FA1

#C38FA1
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#C38FA1 is a red with RGB values 195, 143, 161 and HSL 339°, 30%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

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HEX#C38FA1

RGBrgb(195, 143, 161)

RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.5608, 0.6314

RGB percentages76.5%, 56.1%, 63.1%

HSLhsl(339.2, 30.2%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(339.2, 26.7%, 76.5%)

CMYK0%, 26.7%, 17.4%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,816,289

CSS custom property--colour: #C38FA1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3382WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.76:1

Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B

Inverted#3C705E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9598A2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1A1A0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Tritanopia#CB8D95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 10 Light pink · ΔE 18.4 Thistle · ΔE 19.3 Pink · ΔE 19.5 Dark grey · ΔE 22.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 10, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8FC3B1

Analogous#C38FBB, #C3978F

Triadic#A1C38F, #8FA1C3

Split complementary#8FC397, #8FBBC3

Tetradic#BBC38F, #8FC3B1, #978FC3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F3F5

Lighter +20%#E7D1D9

Lighter +10%#D5B0BD

Darker −10%#B16E85

Darker −20%#9A526B

Darker −30%#784154

Darker −40%#572F3D

More saturated +25%#D8799A

Less saturated −25%#ADA4A8

Channel breakdown

R195

G143

B161

Red195 (76.5%)

Green143 (56.1%)

Blue161 (63.1%)

Hue339.23°

Saturation (HSL)30.23%

Lightness66.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C3 · G 8F · B A1

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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