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Recognised as Colour

#BD3259

  • #BD3259
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#BD3259 is a red with RGB values 189, 50, 89 and HSL 343°, 58%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#BD3259#BD3259
HEX#BD3259
RGBrgb(189, 50, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.1961, 0.349
RGB percentages74.1%, 19.6%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(343.2, 58.2%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(343.2, 73.5%, 74.1%)
CMYK0%, 73.5%, 52.9%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,399,193
CSS custom property--colour: #BD3259;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13821WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.58:1
Contrast with white5.58:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#525252
Inverted#42CDA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#55565Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#797256no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.7 from the original
Tritanopia#CE0E42no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.76:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 19.3Brown · ΔE 22.2Pale violetred · ΔE 22.7Crimson · ΔE 26.9Firebrick · ΔE 27.4Light coral · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 19.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#32BD96
Analogous#BD329F, #BD5032
Triadic#59BD32, #3259BD
Split complementary#32BD50, #329FBD
Tetradic#9FBD32, #32BD96, #5032BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1CAD5
Lighter +30%#E6A2B5
Lighter +20%#DC7995
Lighter +10%#D15175
Darker −10%#952746
Darker −20%#6C1D33
Darker −30%#441220
Darker −40%#1C070D
More saturated +25%#DB144C
Less saturated −25%#9F5066

Channel breakdown

R189
G50
B89
Red189 (74.1%)
Green50 (19.6%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue343.17°
Saturation (HSL)58.16%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BD · G 32 · B 59

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