Recognised as Colour

#C399AB

#C399AB
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#C399AB is a red with RGB values 195, 153, 171 and HSL 334°, 26%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#C399AB#C399AB

HEX#C399AB

RGBrgb(195, 153, 171)

RGB (0–1)0.7647, 0.6, 0.6706

RGB percentages76.5%, 60%, 67.1%

HSLhsl(334.3, 25.9%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(334.3, 21.5%, 76.5%)

CMYK0%, 21.5%, 12.3%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,818,859

CSS custom property--colour: #C399AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37325WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.46:1

Contrast with white2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#3C6654

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9DA0ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A6A7AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original

Tritanopia#CA989Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 10.8 Thistle · ΔE 14.8 Pink · ΔE 18.3 Light pink · ΔE 18.5 Dark grey · ΔE 18.9 Silver · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 10.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#99C3B1

Analogous#C399C0, #C39C99

Triadic#ABC399, #99ABC3

Split complementary#99C39C, #99C0C3

Tetradic#C0C399, #99C3B1, #9C99C3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCF9FA

Lighter +20%#E9D9E0

Lighter +10%#D6B9C5

Darker −10%#B07991

Darker −20%#9B5B76

Darker −30%#7B485E

Darker −40%#5B3545

More saturated +25%#D785A8

Less saturated −25%#AFADAE

Channel breakdown

R195

G153

B171

Red195 (76.5%)

Green153 (60%)

Blue171 (67.1%)

Hue334.29°

Saturation (HSL)25.93%

Lightness68.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C3 · G 99 · B AB

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Colour values

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