Recognised as Colour

#BD422B

#BD422B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#BD422B is a red with RGB values 189, 66, 43 and HSL 9°, 63%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#BD422B#BD422B

HEX#BD422B

RGBrgb(189, 66, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.2588, 0.1686

RGB percentages74.1%, 25.9%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(9.5, 62.9%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.5, 77.2%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 65.1%, 77.2%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,403,243

CSS custom property--colour: #BD422B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.28:1

Contrast with white5.28:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#42BDD4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#655B28no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#837626no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D0203Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 10.2 Brown · ΔE 12.4 Dark red · ΔE 17.7 Sienna · ΔE 19.5 Indian red · ΔE 19.8 Maroon · ΔE 20

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 10.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2BA6BD

Analogous#BD2B5D, #BD8B2B

Triadic#2BBD42, #422BBD

Split complementary#2BBD8B, #2B5DBD

Tetradic#5DBD2B, #2BA6BD, #8B2BBD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1CAC3

Lighter +30%#E8A699

Lighter +20%#DE8170

Lighter +10%#D55D46

Darker −10%#933322

Darker −20%#6A2518

Darker −30%#40160F

Darker −40%#170805

More saturated +25%#DA2E0E

Less saturated −25%#A05648

Channel breakdown

R189

G66

B43

Red189 (74.1%)

Green66 (25.9%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue9.45°

Saturation (HSL)62.93%

Lightness45.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 42 · B 2B

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