Colour

#C97B85

#C97B85
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#C97B85 is a red with RGB values 201, 123, 133 and HSL 352°, 42%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

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HEX#C97B85

RGBrgb(201, 123, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.4824, 0.5216

RGB percentages78.8%, 48.2%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(352.3, 41.9%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.3, 38.8%, 78.8%)

CMYK0%, 38.8%, 33.8%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,204,357

CSS custom property--colour: #C97B85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28277WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness151.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.66:1

Contrast with white3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.66:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C

Inverted#36847A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#898885no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#9C9784no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D7747Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 15 Pale violetred · ΔE 15.7 Light coral · ΔE 17.5 Indian red · ΔE 20.8 Light pink · ΔE 21.4 Dark salmon · ΔE 22.6

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 14.99, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7BC9BF

Analogous#C97BAC, #C9987B

Triadic#85C97B, #7B85C9

Split complementary#7BC998, #7BACC9

Tetradic#ACC97B, #7BC9BF, #987BC9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F5E8E9

Lighter +20%#E7C3C8

Lighter +10%#D89FA6

Darker −10%#BA5764

Darker −20%#9E404C

Darker −30%#79323B

Darker −40%#552329

More saturated +25%#E06474

Less saturated −25%#B29296

Channel breakdown

R201

G123

B133

Red201 (78.8%)

Green123 (48.2%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue352.31°

Saturation (HSL)41.94%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C9 · G 7B · B 85

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