Recognised as Colour

#BD3F23

#BD3F23
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#BD3F23 is a red with RGB values 189, 63, 35 and HSL 11°, 69%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#BD3F23

RGBrgb(189, 63, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.2471, 0.1373

RGB percentages74.1%, 24.7%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(10.9, 68.8%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10.9, 81.5%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 66.7%, 81.5%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,402,467

CSS custom property--colour: #BD3F23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.39:1

Contrast with white5.39:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#585858

Inverted#42C0DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#64591Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#83751Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D0173Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.9:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 10.6 Brown · ΔE 15 Dark red · ΔE 17.1 Tomato · ΔE 19.5 Maroon · ΔE 20.2 Chocolate · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 10.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#23A1BD

Analogous#BD2354, #BD8C23

Triadic#23BD3F, #3F23BD

Split complementary#23BD8C, #2354BD

Tetradic#54BD23, #23A1BD, #8C23BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2C4BA

Lighter +30%#EA9F8F

Lighter +20%#E27B64

Lighter +10%#DA5639

Darker −10%#92311B

Darker −20%#672213

Darker −30%#3C140B

Darker −40%#110603

More saturated +25%#D92D07

Less saturated −25%#A1513F

Channel breakdown

R189

G63

B35

Red189 (74.1%)

Green63 (24.7%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue10.91°

Saturation (HSL)68.75%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 3F · B 23

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