Recognised as Colour

#BD002F

#BD002F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#BD002F is a red with RGB values 189, 0, 47 and HSL 345°, 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 Crimson.

Colour values

#BD002F#BD002F

HEX#BD002F

RGBrgb(189, 0, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0, 0.1843

RGB percentages74.1%, 0%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(345.1, 100%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.1, 100%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 75.1%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,386,351

CSS custom property--colour: #BD002F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11024WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness104.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.55:1

Contrast with white6.55:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#42FFD0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C462Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#766A28no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D0001Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 9.8 Firebrick · ΔE 11.1 Brown · ΔE 15.4 Dark red · ΔE 20.7 Maroon · ΔE 23 Indian red · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 9.85, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00BD8E

Analogous#BD008E, #BD2F00

Triadic#2FBD00, #002FBD

Split complementary#00BD2F, #008EBD

Tetradic#8EBD00, #00BD8E, #2F00BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF8AA7

Lighter +30%#FF5781

Lighter +20%#FF245A

Lighter +10%#F0003C

Darker −10%#8A0022

Darker −20%#570016

Darker −30%#240009

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BD002F

Less saturated −25%#A5183B

Channel breakdown

R189

B47

Red189 (74.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue345.08°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 00 · B 2F

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