Colour

#BC413F

#BC413F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#BC413F is a red with RGB values 188, 65, 63 and HSL 1°, 50%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#BC413F#BC413F

HEX#BC413F

RGBrgb(188, 65, 63)

RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.2549, 0.2471

RGB percentages73.7%, 25.5%, 24.7%

HSLhsl(1, 49.8%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1, 66.5%, 73.7%)

CMYK0%, 65.4%, 66.5%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,337,471

CSS custom property--colour: #BC413F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14831WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.29:1

Contrast with white5.29:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#43BEC0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#625B3Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#81753Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53 from the original

Tritanopia#CE2342no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.97:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 8.2 Indian red · ΔE 11.1 Firebrick · ΔE 13 Sienna · ΔE 21.3 Dark red · ΔE 21.7 Maroon · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 8.17, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3FBABC

Analogous#BC3F7C, #BC7F3F

Triadic#3FBC41, #413FBC

Split complementary#3FBC80, #3F7BBC

Tetradic#7CBC3F, #3FBABC, #803FBC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1D6D6

Lighter +30%#E4B0B0

Lighter +20%#D88B89

Lighter +10%#CB6563

Darker −10%#963432

Darker −20%#702725

Darker −30%#491919

Darker −40%#230C0C

More saturated +25%#DB2320

Less saturated −25%#9D5F5E

Channel breakdown

R188

G65

B63

Red188 (73.7%)

Green65 (25.5%)

Blue63 (24.7%)

Hue0.96°

Saturation (HSL)49.8%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BC · G 41 · B 3F

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