Recognised as Colour

#BD0906

#BD0906
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#BD0906 is a red with RGB values 189, 9, 6 and HSL 1°, 94%, 38%. 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

#BD0906#BD0906

HEX#BD0906

RGBrgb(189, 9, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.0353, 0.0235

RGB percentages74.1%, 3.5%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(1, 93.8%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1, 96.8%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 95.2%, 96.8%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,388,614

CSS custom property--colour: #BD0906;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11027WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness103.6 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 black3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#42F6F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#504600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 68.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#786A00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.8 from the original

Tritanopia#D1000Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 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 text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 15.6 Dark red · ΔE 19.6 Crimson · ΔE 20.9 Tomato · ΔE 23.7 Maroon · ΔE 24.6 Brown · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 15.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#06BABD

Analogous#BD065E, #BD6506

Triadic#06BD09, #0906BD

Split complementary#06BD64, #065FBD

Tetradic#5FBD06, #06BABD, #6406BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FC9593

Lighter +30%#FA6462

Lighter +20%#F83431

Lighter +10%#EE0B08

Darker −10%#8C0704

Darker −20%#5A0403

Darker −30%#290201

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C30300

Less saturated −25%#A5211E

Channel breakdown

R189

Red189 (74.1%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue0.98°

Saturation (HSL)93.85%

Lightness38.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 09 · B 06

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