Recognised as Colour

#BD1605

#BD1605
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#BD1605 is a red with RGB values 189, 22, 5 and HSL 6°, 95%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#BD1605#BD1605

HEX#BD1605

RGBrgb(189, 22, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.0863, 0.0196

RGB percentages74.1%, 8.6%, 2%

HSLhsl(5.5, 94.8%, 38%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.5, 97.4%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 88.4%, 97.4%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,391,941

CSS custom property--colour: #BD1605;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11404WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness104.7 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#383838

Inverted#42E9FA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#534800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 66.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A6B00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D10017no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 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

Firebrick · ΔE 15.5 Dark red · ΔE 19.3 Crimson · ΔE 22 Tomato · ΔE 22.9 Maroon · ΔE 24.3 Brown · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 15.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#05ACBD

Analogous#BD0550, #BD7205

Triadic#05BD16, #1605BD

Split complementary#05BD72, #0550BD

Tetradic#50BD05, #05ACBD, #7205BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FC9C92

Lighter +30%#FB6E60

Lighter +20%#F9412F

Lighter +10%#EF1C06

Darker −10%#8B1004

Darker −20%#5A0A02

Darker −30%#280501

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C21200

Less saturated −25%#A52A1D

Channel breakdown

R189

G22

Red189 (74.1%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue5.54°

Saturation (HSL)94.85%

Lightness38.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 16 · B 05

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