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Recognised as Colour

#CD8A88

  • #CD8A88
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#CD8A88 is a red with RGB values 205, 138, 136 and HSL 2°, 41%, 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

#CD8A88#CD8A88
HEX#CD8A88
RGBrgb(205, 138, 136)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.5412, 0.5333
RGB percentages80.4%, 54.1%, 53.3%
HSLhsl(1.7, 40.8%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(1.7, 33.7%, 80.4%)
CMYK0%, 32.7%, 33.7%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,470,344
CSS custom property--colour: #CD8A88;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.59:1
Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#327577

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#979488no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7A087no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Tritanopia#DA828Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 9.7Dark salmon · ΔE 17.4Light pink · ΔE 18.3Light coral · ΔE 19.3Pink · ΔE 21.2Pale violetred · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 9.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#88CBCD
Analogous#CD88A9, #CDAD88
Triadic#88CD8A, #8A88CD
Split complementary#88CDAD, #88A9CD
Tetradic#A9CD88, #88CBCD, #AD88CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAF4F4
Lighter +20%#EBD1D0
Lighter +10%#DCADAC
Darker −10%#BE6764
Darker −20%#A84A47
Darker −30%#843A38
Darker −40%#602A29
More saturated +25%#E27673
Less saturated −25%#B89E9D

Channel breakdown

R205
G138
B136
Red205 (80.4%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue136 (53.3%)
Hue1.74°
Saturation (HSL)40.83%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR CD · G 8A · B 88

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