Recognised as Colour

#BD0B3F

#BD0B3F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#BD0B3F is a red with RGB values 189, 11, 63 and HSL 342°, 89%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#BD0B3F#BD0B3F

HEX#BD0B3F

RGBrgb(189, 11, 63)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.0431, 0.2471

RGB percentages74.1%, 4.3%, 24.7%

HSLhsl(342.5, 89%, 39.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.5, 94.2%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 94.2%, 66.7%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,389,183

CSS custom property--colour: #BD0B3F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11417WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.4:1

Contrast with white6.4:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#42F4C0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B493Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 68.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#756B3Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D00026no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 14.9 Brown · ΔE 17.3 Firebrick · ΔE 17.8 Indian red · ΔE 23.6 Dark red · ΔE 26.5 Maroon · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 14.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0BBD89

Analogous#BD0B98, #BD300B

Triadic#3FBD0B, #0B3FBD

Split complementary#0BBD30, #0B98BD

Tetradic#98BD0B, #0BBD89, #300BBD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F99BB6

Lighter +30%#F66B93

Lighter +20%#F43A71

Lighter +10%#ED0E4F

Darker −10%#8D082F

Darker −20%#5D051F

Darker −30%#2C030F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C8003A

Less saturated −25%#A42449

Channel breakdown

R189

G11

B63

Red189 (74.1%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue63 (24.7%)

Hue342.47°

Saturation (HSL)89%

Lightness39.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 0B · B 3F

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Channel breakdown

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