Recognised as Colour

#BD4E56

#BD4E56
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#BD4E56 is a red with RGB values 189, 78, 86 and HSL 356°, 46%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#BD4E56#BD4E56

HEX#BD4E56

RGBrgb(189, 78, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.3059, 0.3373

RGB percentages74.1%, 30.6%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(355.7, 45.7%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.7, 58.7%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 58.7%, 54.5%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,406,358

CSS custom property--colour: #BD4E56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16939WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.79:1

Contrast with white4.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#42B1A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#686456no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#847B53no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original

Tritanopia#CE3C52no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 6.5 Brown · ΔE 16.8 Light coral · ΔE 18.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 21.7 Salmon · ΔE 21.9 Firebrick · ΔE 23.9

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 6.49, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4EBDB5

Analogous#BD4E8E, #BD7E4E

Triadic#56BD4E, #4E56BD

Split complementary#4EBD7E, #4E8EBD

Tetradic#8EBD4E, #4EBDB5, #7D4EBD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4E3E4

Lighter +30%#E7BDC0

Lighter +20%#D9989D

Lighter +10%#CB7379

Darker −10%#9D3B42

Darker −20%#782D32

Darker −30%#531F23

Darker −40%#2E1113

More saturated +25%#DB303C

Less saturated −25%#9F6C70

Channel breakdown

R189

G78

B86

Red189 (74.1%)

Green78 (30.6%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue355.68°

Saturation (HSL)45.68%

Lightness52.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 4E · B 56

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