Colour

#C98B93

#C98B93
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#C98B93 is a red with RGB values 201, 139, 147 and HSL 352°, 36%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

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HEX#C98B93

RGBrgb(201, 139, 147)

RGB (0–1)0.7882, 0.5451, 0.5765

RGB percentages78.8%, 54.5%, 57.6%

HSLhsl(352.3, 36.5%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.3, 30.8%, 78.8%)

CMYK0%, 30.8%, 26.9%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,208,467

CSS custom property--colour: #C98B93;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32989WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness160.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.6:1

Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#36746C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#959593no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A4A092no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original

Tritanopia#D4868Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 7.9 Light pink · ΔE 17.2 Pink · ΔE 19.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 21.7 Light coral · ΔE 23.1 Dark salmon · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 7.85, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8BC9C1

Analogous#C98BB2, #C9A28B

Triadic#93C98B, #8B93C9

Split complementary#8BC9A2, #8BB2C9

Tetradic#B2C98B, #8BC9C1, #A28BC9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAF3F4

Lighter +20%#E9D1D4

Lighter +10%#D9AEB3

Darker −10%#B96873

Darker −20%#A24C57

Darker −30%#803B44

Darker −40%#5D2B32

More saturated +25%#DE7683

Less saturated −25%#B4A0A3

Channel breakdown

R201

G139

B147

Red201 (78.8%)

Green139 (54.5%)

Blue147 (57.6%)

Hue352.26°

Saturation (HSL)36.47%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR C9 · G 8B · B 93

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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