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Recognised as Colour

#BB285E

  • #BB285E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#BB285E is a red with RGB values 187, 40, 94 and HSL 338°, 65%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#BB285E#BB285E
HEX#BB285E
RGBrgb(187, 40, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.1569, 0.3686
RGB percentages73.3%, 15.7%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(338, 64.8%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(338, 78.6%, 73.3%)
CMYK0%, 78.6%, 49.7%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,265,566
CSS custom property--colour: #BB285E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12891WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.87:1
Contrast with white5.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#44D7A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4D525Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#746F5Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.3 from the original
Tritanopia#CC0040no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.87:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 23.5Pale violetred · ΔE 23.8Indian red · ΔE 25.1Brown · ΔE 27.6Hot pink · ΔE 28.3Deep pink · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 23.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#28BB85
Analogous#BB28A7, #BB3C28
Triadic#5EBB28, #285EBB
Split complementary#28BB3B, #28A7BB
Tetradic#A7BB28, #28BB85, #3B28BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1BED1
Lighter +30%#E894B3
Lighter +20%#DF6A95
Lighter +10%#D64077
Darker −10%#911F49
Darker −20%#671634
Darker −30%#3D0D1F
Darker −40%#13040A
More saturated +25%#D70C56
Less saturated −25%#9F4466

Channel breakdown

R187
G40
B94
Red187 (73.3%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue337.96°
Saturation (HSL)64.76%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BB · G 28 · B 5E

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