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Recognised as Colour

#CB899E

  • #CB899E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#CB899E is a red with RGB values 203, 137, 158 and HSL 341°, 39%, 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

#CB899E#CB899E
HEX#CB899E
RGBrgb(203, 137, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.7961, 0.5373, 0.6196
RGB percentages79.6%, 53.7%, 62%
HSLhsl(340.9, 38.8%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(340.9, 32.5%, 79.6%)
CMYK0%, 32.5%, 22.2%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,339,038
CSS custom property--colour: #CB899E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33056WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.61:1
Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#347661

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#91959Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1A09Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D68690no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 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 text7.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 13.4Pale violetred · ΔE 17.8Light pink · ΔE 17.8Pink · ΔE 20.2Thistle · ΔE 23.4Plum · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 13.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89CBB6
Analogous#CB89BF, #CB9589
Triadic#9ECB89, #899ECB
Split complementary#89CB95, #89BFCB
Tetradic#BFCB89, #89CBB6, #9589CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF3F5
Lighter +20%#EAD0D8
Lighter +10%#DBACBB
Darker −10%#BB6681
Darker −20%#A54966
Darker −30%#823950
Darker −40%#5E2A3A
More saturated +25%#E07496
Less saturated −25%#B69EA6

Channel breakdown

R203
G137
B158
Red203 (79.6%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue340.91°
Saturation (HSL)38.82%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR CB · G 89 · B 9E

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