Recognised as Colour

#CD8A9F

#CD8A9F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Rosy brown

#CD8A9F is a red with RGB values 205, 138, 159 and HSL 341°, 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

#CD8A9F#CD8A9F

HEX#CD8A9F

RGBrgb(205, 138, 159)

RGB (0–1)0.8039, 0.5412, 0.6235

RGB percentages80.4%, 54.1%, 62.4%

HSLhsl(341.2, 40.1%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(341.2, 32.7%, 80.4%)

CMYK0%, 32.7%, 22.4%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer13,470,367

CSS custom property--colour: #CD8A9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33659WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness163.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.73:1

Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A

Inverted#327560

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9296A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A3A19Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D88691no 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 text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 13.6 Light pink · ΔE 17.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 17.5 Pink · ΔE 19.8 Thistle · ΔE 23.3 Plum · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 13.63, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8ACDB8

Analogous#CD8AC0, #CD978A

Triadic#9FCD8A, #8A9FCD

Split complementary#8ACD97, #8AC0CD

Tetradic#C1CD8A, #8ACDB8, #978ACD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBF5F7

Lighter +20%#ECD1DA

Lighter +10%#DCAEBC

Darker −10%#BE6682

Darker −20%#A94866

Darker −30%#853951

Darker −40%#612A3B

More saturated +25%#E27597

Less saturated −25%#B89FA7

Channel breakdown

R205

G138

B159

Red205 (80.4%)

Green138 (54.1%)

Blue159 (62.4%)

Hue341.19°

Saturation (HSL)40.12%

Lightness67.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR CD · G 8A · B 9F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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