Colour

#BC285B

#BC285B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#BC285B is a red with RGB values 188, 40, 91 and HSL 339°, 65%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#BC285B#BC285B

HEX#BC285B

RGBrgb(188, 40, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.1569, 0.3569

RGB percentages73.7%, 15.7%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(339.3, 64.9%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(339.3, 78.7%, 73.7%)

CMYK0%, 78.7%, 51.6%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,331,099

CSS custom property--colour: #BC285B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12964WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.84:1

Contrast with white5.84:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B

Inverted#43D7A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4F525Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#756F57no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.6 from the original

Tritanopia#CD003Eno 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 text5.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 23.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 24.2 Medium violet red · ΔE 25.3 Brown · ΔE 25.8 Crimson · ΔE 28.4 Hot pink · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 23.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#28BC89

Analogous#BC28A5, #BC3F28

Triadic#5BBC28, #285BBC

Split complementary#28BC3F, #28A5BC

Tetradic#A5BC28, #28BC89, #3F28BC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1BFD0

Lighter +30%#E895B1

Lighter +20%#DF6B93

Lighter +10%#D64174

Darker −10%#921F47

Darker −20%#681632

Darker −30%#3E0D1E

Darker −40%#14040A

More saturated +25%#D90C52

Less saturated −25%#A04564

Channel breakdown

R188

G40

B91

Red188 (73.7%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue339.32°

Saturation (HSL)64.91%

Lightness44.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BC · G 28 · B 5B

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