Recognised as Colour

#C79DA8

#C79DA8
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#C79DA8 is a red with RGB values 199, 157, 168 and HSL 344°, 27%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

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HEX#C79DA8

RGBrgb(199, 157, 168)

RGB (0–1)0.7804, 0.6157, 0.6588

RGB percentages78%, 61.6%, 65.9%

HSLhsl(344.3, 27.3%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.3, 21.1%, 78%)

CMYK0%, 21.1%, 15.6%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,082,024

CSS custom property--colour: #C79DA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39083WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness171.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.82:1

Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#386257

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A2A4A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#ACABA7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original

Tritanopia#CF9BA1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 8.2 Thistle · ΔE 15.3 Pink · ΔE 16.6 Light pink · ΔE 16.9 Dark grey · ΔE 17.3 Silver · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 8.22, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9DC7BC

Analogous#C79DBD, #C7A79D

Triadic#A8C79D, #9DA8C7

Split complementary#9DC7A7, #9DBDC7

Tetradic#BDC79D, #9DC7BC, #A79DC7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEFE

Lighter +20%#ECDEE2

Lighter +10%#DABDC5

Darker −10%#B47D8B

Darker −20%#A25C6F

Darker −30%#814A58

Darker −40%#613742

More saturated +25%#DA8A9F

Less saturated −25%#B4B0B1

Channel breakdown

R199

G157

B168

Red199 (78%)

Green157 (61.6%)

Blue168 (65.9%)

Hue344.29°

Saturation (HSL)27.27%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C7 · G 9D · B A8

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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