Recognised as Colour

#BD0010

#BD0010
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#BD0010 is a red with RGB values 189, 0, 16 and HSL 355°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#BD0010#BD0010

HEX#BD0010

RGBrgb(189, 0, 16)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0, 0.0627

RGB percentages74.1%, 0%, 6.3%

HSLhsl(354.9, 100%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.9, 100%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 91.5%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,386,320

CSS custom property--colour: #BD0010;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10856WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness103.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.62:1

Contrast with white6.62:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#42FFEF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E450Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#776A00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D1000Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 13 Crimson · ΔE 17.5 Dark red · ΔE 18.4 Brown · ΔE 22.5 Maroon · ΔE 23.3 Tomato · ΔE 23.7

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00BDAD

Analogous#BD006F, #BD4F00

Triadic#10BD00, #0010BD

Split complementary#00BD4F, #006EBD

Tetradic#6EBD00, #00BDAD, #4F00BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF8A94

Lighter +30%#FF5765

Lighter +20%#FF2437

Lighter +10%#F00014

Darker −10%#8A000C

Darker −20%#570007

Darker −30%#240003

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BD0010

Less saturated −25%#A51824

Channel breakdown

R189

B16

Red189 (74.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue16 (6.3%)

Hue354.92°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 00 · B 10

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