Colour

#BD312E

#BD312E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#BD312E is a red with RGB values 189, 49, 46 and HSL 1°, 61%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#BD312E#BD312E

HEX#BD312E

RGBrgb(189, 49, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.1922, 0.1804

RGB percentages74.1%, 19.2%, 18%

HSLhsl(1.3, 60.9%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.3, 75.7%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 74.1%, 75.7%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,398,894

CSS custom property--colour: #BD312E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13213WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.77:1

Contrast with white5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

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

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#42CED1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5B522Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E7129no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.4 from the original

Tritanopia#D00032no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 4.5 Brown · ΔE 9.2 Dark red · ΔE 16.5 Crimson · ΔE 16.6 Maroon · ΔE 19 Indian red · ΔE 19.8

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 4.52, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2EBABD

Analogous#BD2E72, #BD792E

Triadic#2EBD31, #312EBD

Split complementary#2EBD78, #2E73BD

Tetradic#72BD2E, #2EBABD, #792EBD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1C7C6

Lighter +30%#E79E9D

Lighter +20%#DD7674

Lighter +10%#D34E4B

Darker −10%#942624

Darker −20%#6B1C1A

Darker −30%#421110

Darker −40%#190606

More saturated +25%#DA1511

Less saturated −25%#A04D4B

Channel breakdown

R189

G49

B46

Red189 (74.1%)

Green49 (19.2%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue1.26°

Saturation (HSL)60.85%

Lightness46.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 31 · B 2E

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