Recognised as Colour

#BA014E

#BA014E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#BA014E is a red with RGB values 186, 1, 78 and HSL 335°, 99%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#BA014E#BA014E

HEX#BA014E

RGBrgb(186, 1, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0.0039, 0.3059

RGB percentages72.9%, 0.4%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(335, 98.9%, 36.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(335, 99.5%, 72.9%)

CMYK0%, 99.5%, 58.1%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,190,030

CSS custom property--colour: #BA014E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11011WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.56:1

Contrast with white6.56:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#45FEB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#45484Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#70694Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.6 from the original

Tritanopia#CC002Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 24 Brown · ΔE 25 Indian red · ΔE 27.1 Medium violet red · ΔE 27.6 Firebrick · ΔE 28 Deep pink · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 23.97, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#01BA6D

Analogous#BA01AA, #BA1101

Triadic#4EBA01, #014EBA

Split complementary#01BA11, #01AABA

Tetradic#ABBA01, #01BA6D, #1101BA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FE89BA

Lighter +30%#FE569C

Lighter +20%#FE237E

Lighter +10%#ED0163

Darker −10%#870139

Darker −20%#550023

Darker −30%#22000E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BB004E

Less saturated −25%#A31852

Channel breakdown

R186

B78

Red186 (72.9%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue335.03°

Saturation (HSL)98.93%

Lightness36.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BA · G 01 · B 4E

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