Colour

#BD001D

#BD001D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#BD001D is a red with RGB values 189, 0, 29 and HSL 351°, 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

#BD001D#BD001D

HEX#BD001D

RGBrgb(189, 0, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0, 0.1137

RGB percentages74.1%, 0%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(350.8, 100%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.8, 100%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 84.7%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,386,333

CSS custom property--colour: #BD001D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10908WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness103.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.6:1

Contrast with white6.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#42FFE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D451Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#776A12no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D10012no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 9.3 Crimson · ΔE 12.8 Dark red · ΔE 17.5 Brown · ΔE 18.4 Maroon · ΔE 21.7 Tomato · ΔE 24.2

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 9.28, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00BDA0

Analogous#BD007B, #BD4100

Triadic#1DBD00, #001DBD

Split complementary#00BD42, #007BBD

Tetradic#7CBD00, #00BDA0, #4200BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF8A9C

Lighter +30%#FF5771

Lighter +20%#FF2446

Lighter +10%#F00025

Darker −10%#8A0015

Darker −20%#57000D

Darker −30%#240006

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BD001D

Less saturated −25%#A5182D

Channel breakdown

R189

B29

Red189 (74.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue350.79°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 00 · B 1D

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