Recognised as Colour

#C68D9B

#C68D9B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#C68D9B is a red with RGB values 198, 141, 155 and HSL 345°, 33%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#C68D9B#C68D9B

HEX#C68D9B

RGBrgb(198, 141, 155)

RGB (0–1)0.7765, 0.5529, 0.6078

RGB percentages77.6%, 55.3%, 60.8%

HSLhsl(345.3, 33.3%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.3, 28.8%, 77.6%)

CMYK0%, 28.8%, 21.7%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,012,379

CSS custom property--colour: #C68D9B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33422WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness161.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.68:1

Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#397264

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#95969Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A2A09Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D08992no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 8.6 Light pink · ΔE 17.5 Pink · ΔE 19.2 Thistle · ΔE 21.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 22.2 Dark grey · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 8.61, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8DC6B8

Analogous#C68DB7, #C69C8D

Triadic#9BC68D, #8D9BC6

Split complementary#8DC69C, #8DB7C6

Tetradic#B7C68D, #8DC6B8, #9C8DC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F3F4

Lighter +20%#E8D1D7

Lighter +10%#D7AFB9

Darker −10%#B56B7D

Darker −20%#9E4F62

Darker −30%#7C3E4D

Darker −40%#5A2D38

More saturated +25%#DB7890

Less saturated −25%#B1A2A6

Channel breakdown

R198

G141

B155

Red198 (77.6%)

Green141 (55.3%)

Blue155 (60.8%)

Hue345.26°

Saturation (HSL)33.33%

Lightness66.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C6 · G 8D · B 9B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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