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Recognised as Colour

#C68A8D

  • #C68A8D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#C68A8D is a red with RGB values 198, 138, 141 and HSL 357°, 34%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#C68A8D#C68A8D
HEX#C68A8D
RGBrgb(198, 138, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.5412, 0.5529
RGB percentages77.6%, 54.1%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(357, 34.5%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(357, 30.3%, 77.6%)
CMYK0%, 30.3%, 28.8%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,011,597
CSS custom property--colour: #C68A8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32106WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.42:1
Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#397572

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95938Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A39E8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D2848Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 6.4Light pink · ΔE 18.4Pink · ΔE 20.6Dark salmon · ΔE 21.6Light coral · ΔE 23Pale violetred · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 6.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8AC6C3
Analogous#C68AAB, #C6A58A
Triadic#8DC68A, #8A8DC6
Split complementary#8AC6A5, #8AABC6
Tetradic#ABC68A, #8AC6C3, #A58AC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F1F1
Lighter +20%#E7CFD0
Lighter +10%#D7ACAE
Darker −10%#B5686C
Darker −20%#9D4D51
Darker −30%#7B3C3F
Darker −40%#592B2E
More saturated +25%#DC7479
Less saturated −25%#B0A0A1

Channel breakdown

R198
G138
B141
Red198 (77.6%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue357°
Saturation (HSL)34.48%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C6 · G 8A · B 8D

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