Recognised as Colour

#BD2B56

#BD2B56
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#BD2B56 is a red with RGB values 189, 43, 86 and HSL 342°, 63%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#BD2B56#BD2B56

HEX#BD2B56

RGBrgb(189, 43, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.1686, 0.3373

RGB percentages74.1%, 16.9%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(342.3, 62.9%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.3, 77.2%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 77.2%, 54.5%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,397,398

CSS custom property--colour: #BD2B56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13218WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.76:1

Contrast with white5.76:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#42D4A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#525357no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#787052no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.7 from the original

Tritanopia#CE003Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 20.8 Brown · ΔE 22.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 24.7 Crimson · ΔE 25.5 Firebrick · ΔE 26.8 Medium violet red · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 20.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2BBD92

Analogous#BD2B9F, #BD492B

Triadic#56BD2B, #2B56BD

Split complementary#2BBD49, #2B9FBD

Tetradic#9FBD2B, #2BBD92, #492BBD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1C3D0

Lighter +30%#E899B0

Lighter +20%#DE7090

Lighter +10%#D54670

Darker −10%#932243

Darker −20%#6A1830

Darker −30%#400F1D

Darker −40%#17050A

More saturated +25%#DA0E4A

Less saturated −25%#A04862

Channel breakdown

R189

G43

B86

Red189 (74.1%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue342.33°

Saturation (HSL)62.93%

Lightness45.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 2B · B 56

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