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Recognised as Colour

#BC326A

  • #BC326A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#BC326A is a red with RGB values 188, 50, 106 and HSL 336°, 58%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#BC326A#BC326A
HEX#BC326A
RGBrgb(188, 50, 106)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.1961, 0.4157
RGB percentages73.7%, 19.6%, 41.6%
HSLhsl(335.7, 58%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(335.7, 73.4%, 73.7%)
CMYK0%, 73.4%, 43.6%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,333,674
CSS custom property--colour: #BC326A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14013WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness115.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.52:1
Contrast with white5.52:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#43CD95

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#50586Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#757267no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.8 from the original
Tritanopia#CC1C4Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.52:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.8:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 20.1Pale violetred · ΔE 20.8Hot pink · ΔE 24.7Indian red · ΔE 27.1Deep pink · ΔE 29.3Brown · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 20.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#32BC84
Analogous#BC32AF, #BC3F32
Triadic#6ABC32, #326ABC
Split complementary#32BC3F, #32AFBC
Tetradic#AFBC32, #32BC84, #3F32BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1C9D9
Lighter +30%#E6A1BD
Lighter +20%#DB79A1
Lighter +10%#D15084
Darker −10%#942753
Darker −20%#6B1D3D
Darker −30%#431226
Darker −40%#1B070F
More saturated +25%#DA1464
Less saturated −25%#9E5070

Channel breakdown

R188
G50
B106
Red188 (73.7%)
Green50 (19.6%)
Blue106 (41.6%)
Hue335.65°
Saturation (HSL)57.98%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BC · G 32 · B 6A

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