Recognised as Colour

#BD100C

#BD100C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#BD100C is a red with RGB values 189, 16, 12 and HSL 1°, 88%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#BD100C#BD100C

HEX#BD100C

RGBrgb(189, 16, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.0627, 0.0471

RGB percentages74.1%, 6.3%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(1.4, 88.1%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.4, 93.7%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 91.5%, 93.7%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,390,412

CSS custom property--colour: #BD100C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11216WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness104.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.48:1

Contrast with white6.48:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#42EFF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#514705no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#796B00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.1 from the original

Tritanopia#D10014no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.24:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 13.6 Dark red · ΔE 18.4 Crimson · ΔE 19.6 Tomato · ΔE 22.9 Brown · ΔE 23 Maroon · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 13.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0CB9BD

Analogous#BD0C60, #BD690C

Triadic#0CBD10, #100CBD

Split complementary#0CBD69, #0C61BD

Tetradic#60BD0C, #0CB9BD, #680CBD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F99E9C

Lighter +30%#F66F6C

Lighter +20%#F3403C

Lighter +10%#ED140F

Darker −10%#8D0C09

Darker −20%#5D0806

Darker −30%#2D0403

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C90500

Less saturated −25%#A42825

Channel breakdown

R189

G16

B12

Red189 (74.1%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue1.36°

Saturation (HSL)88.06%

Lightness39.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 10 · B 0C

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