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Recognised as Colour

#BC577E

  • #BC577E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#BC577E is a red with RGB values 188, 87, 126 and HSL 337°, 43%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#BC577E#BC577E
HEX#BC577E
RGBrgb(188, 87, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.3412, 0.4941
RGB percentages73.7%, 34.1%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(336.8, 43%, 53.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(336.8, 53.7%, 73.7%)
CMYK0%, 53.7%, 33%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,343,166
CSS custom property--colour: #BC577E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19014WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.8:1
Contrast with white4.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.8:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F
Inverted#43A881

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#666D7Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#81807Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C95066no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.37:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 10.2Indian red · ΔE 24.5Hot pink · ΔE 25.8Light coral · ΔE 26.8Medium violet red · ΔE 29.8Rosy brown · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 10.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#57BC95
Analogous#BC57B0, #BC6357
Triadic#7EBC57, #577EBC
Split complementary#57BC63, #57B0BC
Tetradic#B1BC57, #57BC95, #6357BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6E9EE
Lighter +30%#E8C4D2
Lighter +20%#D9A0B6
Lighter +10%#CB7B9A
Darker −10%#A04065
Darker −20%#7C314E
Darker −30%#572337
Darker −40%#331420
More saturated +25%#D93A77
Less saturated −25%#9F7485

Channel breakdown

R188
G87
B126
Red188 (73.7%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue336.83°
Saturation (HSL)42.98%
Lightness53.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BC · G 57 · B 7E

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