Recognised as Colour

#BB4E5A

#BB4E5A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#BB4E5A is a red with RGB values 187, 78, 90 and HSL 353°, 44%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#BB4E5A

RGBrgb(187, 78, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.3059, 0.3529

RGB percentages73.3%, 30.6%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(353.4, 44.5%, 52%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.4, 58.3%, 73.3%)

CMYK0%, 58.3%, 51.9%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,275,290

CSS custom property--colour: #BB4E5A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16752WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.83:1

Contrast with white4.83:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#44B1A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#67645Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original

Deuteranopia#827A58no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Tritanopia#CB3D53no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 8.6 Light coral · ΔE 18.8 Brown · ΔE 18.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 19.7 Salmon · ΔE 23.6 Sienna · ΔE 25.9

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 8.58, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4EBBAF

Analogous#BB4E91, #BB794E

Triadic#5ABB4E, #4E5ABB

Split complementary#4EBB79, #4E91BB

Tetradic#91BB4E, #4EBBAF, #784EBB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4E1E3

Lighter +30%#E5BDC1

Lighter +20%#D7989F

Lighter +10%#C9737C

Darker −10%#9B3B46

Darker −20%#762D35

Darker −30%#511F25

Darker −40%#2C1114

More saturated +25%#DA2F42

Less saturated −25%#9C6D72

Channel breakdown

R187

G78

B90

Red187 (73.3%)

Green78 (30.6%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue353.39°

Saturation (HSL)44.49%

Lightness51.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BB · G 4E · B 5A

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