Recognised as Colour

#BC003D

#BC003D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#BC003D is a red with RGB values 188, 0, 61 and HSL 341°, 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

#BC003D#BC003D

HEX#BC003D

RGBrgb(188, 0, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0, 0.2392

RGB percentages73.7%, 0%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(340.5, 100%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(340.5, 100%, 73.7%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 67.6%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,320,829

CSS custom property--colour: #BC003D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness104.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.55:1

Contrast with white6.55:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#43FFC2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#49473Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69 from the original

Deuteranopia#746A38no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.2 from the original

Tritanopia#CF0023no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 14.6 Brown · ΔE 17.7 Firebrick · ΔE 17.9 Indian red · ΔE 24.6 Dark red · ΔE 26.3 Maroon · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 14.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00BC7F

Analogous#BC009B, #BC2100

Triadic#3DBC00, #003DBC

Split complementary#00BC21, #009BBC

Tetradic#9BBC00, #00BC7F, #2100BC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF89AF

Lighter +30%#FF568D

Lighter +20%#FF236A

Lighter +10%#EF004E

Darker −10%#89002C

Darker −20%#56001C

Darker −30%#23000B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BC003D

Less saturated −25%#A51845

Channel breakdown

R188

B61

Red188 (73.7%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue340.53°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BC · G 00 · B 3D

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