Colour

#BD503F

#BD503F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#BD503F is a red with RGB values 189, 80, 63 and HSL 8°, 50%, 49%. 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

#BD503F#BD503F

HEX#BD503F

RGBrgb(189, 80, 63)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.3137, 0.2471

RGB percentages74.1%, 31.4%, 24.7%

HSLhsl(8.1, 50%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.1, 66.7%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 57.7%, 66.7%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,406,847

CSS custom property--colour: #BD503F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16915WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness122 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 black4.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#666666

Inverted#42AFC0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6D643Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#887B3Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.7 from the original

Tritanopia#CF3A4Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 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 text4.38:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 11.2 Brown · ΔE 12.7 Sienna · ΔE 14.6 Firebrick · ΔE 17 Salmon · ΔE 19.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 11.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3FACBD

Analogous#BD3F6D, #BD8F3F

Triadic#3FBD50, #503FBD

Split complementary#3FBD8F, #3F6DBD

Tetradic#6DBD3F, #3FACBD, #8F3FBD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2DAD6

Lighter +30%#E5B7B0

Lighter +20%#D8958A

Lighter +10%#CB7264

Darker −10%#974032

Darker −20%#713026

Darker −30%#4A1F19

Darker −40%#240F0C

More saturated +25%#DD3920

Less saturated −25%#9E675F

Channel breakdown

R189

G80

B63

Red189 (74.1%)

Green80 (31.4%)

Blue63 (24.7%)

Hue8.1°

Saturation (HSL)50%

Lightness49.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 50 · B 3F

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