Colour

#BC001E

#BC001E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#BC001E is a red with RGB values 188, 0, 30 and HSL 350°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#BC001E

RGBrgb(188, 0, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0, 0.1176

RGB percentages73.7%, 0%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(350.4, 100%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.4, 100%, 73.7%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 84%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,320,798

CSS custom property--colour: #BC001E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10785WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness103.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.65:1

Contrast with white6.65:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#43FFE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D451Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#766913no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D00013no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 8.8 Crimson · ΔE 12.5 Dark red · ΔE 17.2 Brown · ΔE 17.7 Maroon · ΔE 21.3 Tomato · ΔE 24.5

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 8.76, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00BC9E

Analogous#BC007C, #BC4000

Triadic#1EBC00, #001EBC

Split complementary#00BC40, #007CBC

Tetradic#7CBC00, #00BC9E, #4000BC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF899C

Lighter +30%#FF5671

Lighter +20%#FF2346

Lighter +10%#EF0026

Darker −10%#890016

Darker −20%#56000E

Darker −30%#230006

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BC001E

Less saturated −25%#A5182E

Channel breakdown

R188

B30

Red188 (73.7%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue350.43°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BC · G 00 · B 1E

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