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Recognised as Colour

#BC4E65

  • #BC4E65
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#BC4E65 is a red with RGB values 188, 78, 101 and HSL 347°, 45%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#BC4E65#BC4E65
HEX#BC4E65
RGBrgb(188, 78, 101)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.3059, 0.3961
RGB percentages73.7%, 30.6%, 39.6%
HSLhsl(347.5, 45.1%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(347.5, 58.5%, 73.7%)
CMYK0%, 58.5%, 46.3%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,340,837
CSS custom property--colour: #BC4E65;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1708WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.76:1
Contrast with white4.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#676767
Inverted#43B19A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#656565no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#817B62no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original
Tritanopia#CC4057no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.42:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 13.7Pale violetred · ΔE 15.2Light coral · ΔE 20.8Brown · ΔE 24Salmon · ΔE 27.3Firebrick · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 13.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4EBCA5
Analogous#BC4E9C, #BC6E4E
Triadic#65BC4E, #4E65BC
Split complementary#4EBC6E, #4E9CBC
Tetradic#9CBC4E, #4EBCA5, #6E4EBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4E2E6
Lighter +30%#E6BDC6
Lighter +20%#D898A5
Lighter +10%#CA7385
Darker −10%#9C3B4F
Darker −20%#772D3C
Darker −30%#521F2A
Darker −40%#2D1117
More saturated +25%#DB3053
Less saturated −25%#9E6D77

Channel breakdown

R188
G78
B101
Red188 (73.7%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue101 (39.6%)
Hue347.45°
Saturation (HSL)45.08%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BC · G 4E · B 65

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