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Recognised as Colour

#C8AEA5

  • #C8AEA5
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#C8AEA5 is a orange with RGB values 200, 174, 165 and HSL 15°, 24%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#C8AEA5#C8AEA5
HEX#C8AEA5
RGBrgb(200, 174, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.7843, 0.6824, 0.6471
RGB percentages78.4%, 68.2%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(15.4, 24.1%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(15.4, 17.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK0%, 13%, 17.5%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,151,909
CSS custom property--colour: #C8AEA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45268WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.05:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#37515A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4B0A4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAB5A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Tritanopia#CFAAABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 11.9Silver · ΔE 12.2Rosy brown · ΔE 13.2Light grey · ΔE 16.1Tan · ΔE 16.7Gainsboro · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 11.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A5BFC8
Analogous#C8A5AD, #C8C0A5
Triadic#A5C8AE, #AEA5C8
Split complementary#A5C8C0, #A5ADC8
Tetradic#ADC8A5, #A5BFC8, #BFA5C8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFE7E4
Lighter +10%#DBCAC5
Darker −10%#B59285
Darker −20%#A17566
Darker −30%#845E50
Darker −40%#64473D
More saturated +25%#DAA593
Less saturated −25%#B6B6B6

Channel breakdown

R200
G174
B165
Red200 (78.4%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue15.43°
Saturation (HSL)24.14%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C8 · G AE · B A5

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