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Recognised as Colour

#C8686D

  • #C8686D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#C8686D is a red with RGB values 200, 104, 109 and HSL 357°, 47%, 60%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#C8686D#C8686D
HEX#C8686D
RGBrgb(200, 104, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.4078, 0.4275
RGB percentages78.4%, 40.8%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(356.9, 46.6%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(356.9, 48%, 78.4%)
CMYK0%, 48%, 45.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,133,933
CSS custom property--colour: #C8686D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23284WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.66:1
Contrast with white3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#379792

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7C796Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#948C6Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original
Tritanopia#D85C6Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 9.9Light coral · ΔE 12.6Pale violetred · ΔE 16.8Salmon · ΔE 19.8Dark salmon · ΔE 22Rosy brown · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 9.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#68C8C3
Analogous#C8689D, #C89368
Triadic#6DC868, #686DC8
Split complementary#68C893, #689DC8
Tetradic#9DC868, #68C8C3, #9368C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFEFE
Lighter +30%#F1D8D9
Lighter +20%#E3B3B5
Lighter +10%#D68D91
Darker −10%#B9444A
Darker −20%#94363B
Darker −30%#6F282C
Darker −40%#491B1D
More saturated +25%#E24E56
Less saturated −25%#AE8284

Channel breakdown

R200
G104
B109
Red200 (78.4%)
Green104 (40.8%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue356.88°
Saturation (HSL)46.6%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C8 · G 68 · B 6D

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