Recognised as Colour

#BD492B

#BD492B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#BD492B is a red with RGB values 189, 73, 43 and HSL 12°, 63%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#BD492B#BD492B

HEX#BD492B

RGBrgb(189, 73, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.2863, 0.1686

RGB percentages74.1%, 28.6%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(12.3, 62.9%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.3, 77.2%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 61.4%, 77.2%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,405,035

CSS custom property--colour: #BD492B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15758WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness118.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.06:1

Contrast with white5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F

Inverted#42B6D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#695E27no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#867827no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.8 from the original

Tritanopia#D02C43no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 13.6 Brown · ΔE 14.7 Sienna · ΔE 16.9 Dark red · ΔE 19.5 Chocolate · ΔE 19.9 Indian red · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 13.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B9FBD

Analogous#BD2B56, #BD922B

Triadic#2BBD49, #492BBD

Split complementary#2BBD92, #2B56BD

Tetradic#56BD2B, #2B9FBD, #922BBD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1CCC3

Lighter +30%#E8A999

Lighter +20%#DE8670

Lighter +10%#D56346

Darker −10%#933922

Darker −20%#6A2918

Darker −30%#40190F

Darker −40%#170905

More saturated +25%#DA380E

Less saturated −25%#A05A48

Channel breakdown

R189

G73

B43

Red189 (74.1%)

Green73 (28.6%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue12.33°

Saturation (HSL)62.93%

Lightness45.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 49 · B 2B

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