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Recognised as Colour

#CD8A9C

  • #CD8A9C
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#CD8A9C is a red with RGB values 205, 138, 156 and HSL 344°, 40%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#CD8A9C#CD8A9C
HEX#CD8A9C
RGBrgb(205, 138, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.5412, 0.6118
RGB percentages80.4%, 54.1%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(343.9, 40.1%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(343.9, 32.7%, 80.4%)
CMYK0%, 32.7%, 23.9%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,470,364
CSS custom property--colour: #CD8A9C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33556WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.71:1
Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#327563

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93959Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3A19Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Tritanopia#D88690no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 12.5Light pink · ΔE 16.9Pale violetred · ΔE 17.9Pink · ΔE 19.5Thistle · ΔE 23.7Light coral · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 12.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8ACDBB
Analogous#CD8ABE, #CD9A8A
Triadic#9CCD8A, #8A9CCD
Split complementary#8ACD9A, #8ABECD
Tetradic#BECD8A, #8ACDBB, #9A8ACD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBF5F7
Lighter +20%#ECD1D8
Lighter +10%#DCAEBA
Darker −10%#BE667E
Darker −20%#A94862
Darker −30%#85394D
Darker −40%#612A39
More saturated +25%#E27592
Less saturated −25%#B89FA6

Channel breakdown

R205
G138
B156
Red205 (80.4%)
Green138 (54.1%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue343.88°
Saturation (HSL)40.12%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR CD · G 8A · B 9C

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