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Recognised as Colour

#C78A7E

  • #C78A7E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#C78A7E is a red with RGB values 199, 138, 126 and HSL 10°, 39%, 64%. 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

#C78A7E#C78A7E
HEX#C78A7E
RGBrgb(199, 138, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.5412, 0.4941
RGB percentages78%, 54.1%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(9.9, 39.5%, 63.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(9.9, 36.7%, 78%)
CMYK0%, 30.7%, 36.7%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,077,118
CSS custom property--colour: #C78A7E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31825WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.37:1
Contrast with white2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#387581

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98927Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A69E7Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D48287no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 10.4Dark salmon · ΔE 15.1Light coral · ΔE 21.6Light pink · ΔE 21.8Tan · ΔE 22.2Pink · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 10.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7EBBC7
Analogous#C77E97, #C7AF7E
Triadic#7EC78A, #8A7EC7
Split complementary#7EC7AE, #7E97C7
Tetradic#96C77E, #7EBBC7, #AE7EC7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5EBE9
Lighter +20%#E6CBC5
Lighter +10%#D6AAA2
Darker −10%#B86A5A
Darker −20%#9B5244
Darker −30%#783F34
Darker −40%#542C25
More saturated +25%#DE7A67
Less saturated −25%#B09A95

Channel breakdown

R199
G138
B126
Red199 (78%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue9.86°
Saturation (HSL)39.46%
Lightness63.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C7 · G 8A · B 7E

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