#86355D

sRGB · 134 / 53 / 93

#86355D belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 134 red, 53 green and 93 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 330.4° lands in the rose region. Its 43.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 36.7% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.83:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 134, 53, 93
HSL: 330.37°, 43.32%, 36.67%
HSV / HSB: 330.37°, 60.45%, 52.55%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 60.45%, 30.60%, 47.45%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 13.080, 8.406, 11.290
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 34.814, 39.119, -6.343
WCAG relative luminance: 0.08405
24-bit decimal: 8795485

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #86355D in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 2.68:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 7.83:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#35865E sits half a turn (180°) from #86355D on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#86355D #35865E

Analogous

#863585 and #863635 sit 30° to either side of #86355D. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#863585 #86355D #863635

Triadic

#86355D, #5D8635 and #355D86 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#86355D #5D8635 #355D86

Split complementary

Start at #86355D and look across the wheel. #358636 and #358586 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#86355D #358636 #358586

Square

Starting with #86355D, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #858635, #35865E, then #363586. Across the square, #86355D pairs with #35865E, and #858635 with #363586.

#86355D #858635 #35865E #363586

Tetradic

#86355D and #35865E are opposites, as are #865E35 and #355D86. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#86355D #865E35 #35865E #355D86

Tints

Mixing #86355D with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9E5D7D, keeps 80% of the original. By #E7D7DF, the mixture is 80% white.

#86355D #9E5D7D #B6869E #CFAEBE #E7D7DF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #86355D with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6B2A4A, keeps 80% of the original. By #1B0B13, the mixture is 80% black.

#86355D #6B2A4A #502038 #361525 #1B0B13 #000000

Tones

Mixing #86355D with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #854464, keeps 80% of the original. By #817179, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#86355D #854464 #84536B #826272 #817179 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#86355D

RGB

rgb(134 53 93)

HSL

hsl(330.370 43.316% 36.667%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #86355D;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#86355D uses 134 red, 53 green and 93 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 52.5%

Green 20.8%

Blue 36.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #86355D is 0.0% cyan, 60.4% magenta, 30.6% yellow and 47.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 60.4%

Yellow 30.6%

Black 47.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #883355. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #835 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #86355D when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #993366, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #883355 Nearest web-safe · #993366

Gradient to complement

#86355D #79435D #6B505D #5E5E5E #506B5E #43795E #35865E

Color vision previews

Compare how #86355D appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#40495E

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#56575B

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#903145

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#61455D

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#674D5C

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#863755

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#525252

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#704558

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.23840 G 0.03560 B 0.10946

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.48721 G 0.22751 B 0.35964

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.20239 G 0.04233 B 0.10632

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.399 y 0.256 Y 8.406

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 47.451 M % 79.216 Y % 63.529

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10000110 00110101 01011101