Colour

#BD5353

#BD5353
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#BD5353 is a red with RGB values 189, 83, 83 and HSL 0°, 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 Indian red.

Colour values

#BD5353#BD5353

HEX#BD5353

RGBrgb(189, 83, 83)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.3255, 0.3255

RGB percentages74.1%, 32.5%, 32.5%

HSLhsl(0, 44.5%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 56.1%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 56.1%, 56.1%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,407,635

CSS custom property--colour: #BD5353;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1763WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.64:1

Contrast with white4.64:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.53:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#42ACAC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6C6752no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#877D51no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original

Tritanopia#CE4154no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 4.9 Brown · ΔE 16.4 Light coral · ΔE 17.2 Salmon · ΔE 20 Sienna · ΔE 20.4 Firebrick · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 4.92, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#53BDBD

Analogous#BD5388, #BD8853

Triadic#53BD53, #5353BD

Split complementary#53BD88, #5388BD

Tetradic#88BD53, #53BDBD, #8853BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6E6E6

Lighter +30%#E7C2C2

Lighter +20%#D99D9D

Lighter +10%#CB7878

Darker −10%#A03D3D

Darker −20%#7B2F2F

Darker −30%#562121

Darker −40%#311313

More saturated +25%#DB3535

Less saturated −25%#9F7171

Channel breakdown

R189

G83

B83

Red189 (74.1%)

Green83 (32.5%)

Blue83 (32.5%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)44.54%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 53 · B 53

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Colour values

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