Recognised as Colour
#C5BDAE
- #C5BDAE
- Orange
- Light
- Nearest: Silver
#C5BDAE is a orange with RGB values 197, 189, 174 and HSL 39°, 17%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.
Colour values
#C5BDAE#C5BDAE
HEX#C5BDAE
RGBrgb(197, 189, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.7412, 0.6824
RGB percentages77.3%, 74.1%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(39.1, 16.5%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(39.1, 11.7%, 77.3%)
CMYK0%, 4.1%, 11.7%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,959,150
CSS custom property--colour: #C5BDAE;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.51322WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.26:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#3A4251
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.26:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#AEB6C5
Analogous#C5B2AE, #C2C5AE
Triadic#AEC5BD, #BDAEC5
Split complementary#AEC2C5, #B2AEC5
Tetradic#AEC5B2, #AEB6C5, #C5AEC2
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R197
G189
B174
Red197 (77.3%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue39.13°
Saturation (HSL)16.55%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C5 · G BD · B AE
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