Recognised as Colour

#BD516B

#BD516B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Pale violetred

#BD516B is a red with RGB values 189, 81, 107 and HSL 346°, 45%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#BD516B#BD516B

HEX#BD516B

RGBrgb(189, 81, 107)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.3176, 0.4196

RGB percentages74.1%, 31.8%, 42%

HSLhsl(345.6, 45%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.6, 57.1%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 57.1%, 43.4%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,407,147

CSS custom property--colour: #BD516B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17765WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.61:1

Contrast with white4.61:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.55:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#42AE94

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#66686Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#827D69no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original

Tritanopia#CC445Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 13.2 Indian red · ΔE 15.7 Light coral · ΔE 21.3 Brown · ΔE 26.5 Salmon · ΔE 28.5 Hot pink · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 13.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#51BDA3

Analogous#BD51A1, #BD6D51

Triadic#6BBD51, #516BBD

Split complementary#51BD6D, #51A1BD

Tetradic#A1BD51, #51BDA3, #6D51BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5E5E9

Lighter +30%#E7C0C9

Lighter +20%#D99BAA

Lighter +10%#CB768A

Darker −10%#9F3C54

Darker −20%#7A2E40

Darker −30%#55202D

Darker −40%#301219

More saturated +25%#DB335B

Less saturated −25%#9F6F7B

Channel breakdown

R189

G81

B107

Red189 (74.1%)

Green81 (31.8%)

Blue107 (42%)

Hue345.56°

Saturation (HSL)45%

Lightness52.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 51 · B 6B

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Colour values

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