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Recognised as Colour

#CA8D9B

  • #CA8D9B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#CA8D9B is a red with RGB values 202, 141, 155 and HSL 346°, 37%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#CA8D9B#CA8D9B
HEX#CA8D9B
RGBrgb(202, 141, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.7922, 0.5529, 0.6078
RGB percentages79.2%, 55.3%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(346.2, 36.5%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(346.2, 30.2%, 79.2%)
CMYK0%, 30.2%, 23.3%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,274,523
CSS custom property--colour: #CA8D9B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33973WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.79:1
Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#357264

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#96979Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4A29Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Tritanopia#D58992no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 9.5Light pink · ΔE 16.6Pink · ΔE 18.7Pale violetred · ΔE 20.9Thistle · ΔE 22.3Light coral · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 9.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8DCABC
Analogous#CA8DBA, #CA9E8D
Triadic#9BCA8D, #8D9BCA
Split complementary#8DCA9E, #8DBACA
Tetradic#BACA8D, #8DCABC, #9E8DCA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF5F7
Lighter +20%#EAD3D8
Lighter +10%#DAB0BA
Darker −10%#BA6A7C
Darker −20%#A54C61
Darker −30%#823C4C
Darker −40%#5F2C38
More saturated +25%#DF7890
Less saturated −25%#B5A2A6

Channel breakdown

R202
G141
B155
Red202 (79.2%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue346.23°
Saturation (HSL)36.53%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR CA · G 8D · B 9B

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