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Recognised as Colour

#C6789E

  • #C6789E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#C6789E is a red with RGB values 198, 120, 158 and HSL 331°, 41%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#C6789E#C6789E
HEX#C6789E
RGBrgb(198, 120, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.4706, 0.6196
RGB percentages77.6%, 47.1%, 62%
HSLhsl(330.8, 40.6%, 62.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(330.8, 39.4%, 77.6%)
CMYK0%, 39.4%, 20.2%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,007,006
CSS custom property--colour: #C6789E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27907WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.58:1
Contrast with white3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#398761

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7F889Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#93959Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Tritanopia#D07685no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 12.6Plum · ΔE 20.2Rosy brown · ΔE 23.6Light pink · ΔE 25.8Pink · ΔE 28.5Light coral · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 12.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#78C6A0
Analogous#C678C5, #C67978
Triadic#9EC678, #789EC6
Split complementary#78C679, #78C5C6
Tetradic#C5C678, #78C6A0, #7978C6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3E4EB
Lighter +20%#E4C0D2
Lighter +10%#D59CB8
Darker −10%#B75484
Darker −20%#98406B
Darker −30%#743152
Darker −40%#502238
More saturated +25%#DE609D
Less saturated −25%#AE909F

Channel breakdown

R198
G120
B158
Red198 (77.6%)
Green120 (47.1%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue330.77°
Saturation (HSL)40.63%
Lightness62.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C6 · G 78 · B 9E

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