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Recognised as Colour

#C85E65

  • #C85E65
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#C85E65 is a red with RGB values 200, 94, 101 and HSL 356°, 49%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#C85E65#C85E65
HEX#C85E65
RGBrgb(200, 94, 101)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.3686, 0.3961
RGB percentages78.4%, 36.9%, 39.6%
HSLhsl(356, 49.1%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(356, 53%, 78.4%)
CMYK0%, 53%, 49.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,131,365
CSS custom property--colour: #C85E65;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21224WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.24:1
Contrast with white4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#37A19A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#757265no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#908763no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original
Tritanopia#D94F61no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 6Light coral · ΔE 13.3Pale violetred · ΔE 17.8Salmon · ΔE 19.1Brown · ΔE 22.2Dark salmon · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 6.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5EC8C1
Analogous#C85E9A, #C88C5E
Triadic#65C85E, #5E65C8
Split complementary#5EC88C, #5E9AC8
Tetradic#9AC85E, #5EC8C1, #8C5EC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCF6F6
Lighter +30%#EFD0D2
Lighter +20%#E2AAAE
Lighter +10%#D58489
Darker −10%#B53E46
Darker −20%#8F3137
Darker −30%#692428
Darker −40%#43171A
More saturated +25%#E3434E
Less saturated −25%#AD797C

Channel breakdown

R200
G94
B101
Red200 (78.4%)
Green94 (36.9%)
Blue101 (39.6%)
Hue356.04°
Saturation (HSL)49.07%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C8 · G 5E · B 65

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