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Recognised as Colour

#C9879A

  • #C9879A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#C9879A is a red with RGB values 201, 135, 154 and HSL 343°, 38%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#C9879A#C9879A
HEX#C9879A
RGBrgb(201, 135, 154)
RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.5294, 0.6039
RGB percentages78.8%, 52.9%, 60.4%
HSLhsl(342.7, 37.9%, 65.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(342.7, 32.8%, 78.8%)
CMYK0%, 32.8%, 23.4%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,207,450
CSS custom property--colour: #C9879A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.42:1
Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#367865

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90929Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A09E99no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Tritanopia#D4838Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 12.6Pale violetred · ΔE 17.8Light pink · ΔE 18.3Pink · ΔE 20.8Thistle · ΔE 24.2Light coral · ΔE 24.5
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 12.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87C9B6
Analogous#C987BB, #C99587
Triadic#9AC987, #879AC9
Split complementary#87C995, #87BBC9
Tetradic#BBC987, #87C9B6, #9587C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F8F1F3
Lighter +20%#E9CDD5
Lighter +10%#D9AAB8
Darker −10%#B9647C
Darker −20%#A14962
Darker −30%#7E394D
Darker −40%#5B2937
More saturated +25%#DF7191
Less saturated −25%#B39DA3

Channel breakdown

R201
G135
B154
Red201 (78.8%)
Green135 (52.9%)
Blue154 (60.4%)
Hue342.73°
Saturation (HSL)37.93%
Lightness65.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR C9 · G 87 · B 9A

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