Recognised as Colour

#BC0035

#BC0035
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#BC0035 is a red with RGB values 188, 0, 53 and HSL 343°, 100%, 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

#BC0035#BC0035

HEX#BC0035

RGBrgb(188, 0, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0, 0.2078

RGB percentages73.7%, 0%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(343.1, 100%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(343.1, 100%, 73.7%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 71.8%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,320,821

CSS custom property--colour: #BC0035;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10948WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness104.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.58:1

Contrast with white6.58:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#43FFCA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A4635no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#75692Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.6 from the original

Tritanopia#CF001Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 11.5 Firebrick · ΔE 13.7 Brown · ΔE 15.7 Dark red · ΔE 22.8 Maroon · ΔE 24.4 Indian red · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 11.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00BC87

Analogous#BC0093, #BC2900

Triadic#35BC00, #0035BC

Split complementary#00BC29, #0093BC

Tetradic#93BC00, #00BC87, #2900BC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF89AA

Lighter +30%#FF5686

Lighter +20%#FF2361

Lighter +10%#EF0043

Darker −10%#890027

Darker −20%#560018

Darker −30%#23000A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BC0035

Less saturated −25%#A5183F

Channel breakdown

R188

B53

Red188 (73.7%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue343.09°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BC · G 00 · B 35

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