Recognised as Colour

#BD535C

#BD535C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#BD535C is a red with RGB values 189, 83, 92 and HSL 355°, 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

#BD535C#BD535C

HEX#BD535C

RGBrgb(189, 83, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.3255, 0.3608

RGB percentages74.1%, 32.5%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(354.9, 44.5%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.9, 56.1%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 56.1%, 51.3%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,407,644

CSS custom property--colour: #BD535C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17778WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness125.3 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 black4.56:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#42ACA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6B675Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#867D5Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original

Tritanopia#CD4357no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 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 text4.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 7.5 Light coral · ΔE 17.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 19.5 Brown · ΔE 19.6 Salmon · ΔE 22.3 Sienna · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 7.46, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#53BDB4

Analogous#BD5391, #BD7F53

Triadic#5CBD53, #535CBD

Split complementary#53BD7F, #5391BD

Tetradic#91BD53, #53BDB4, #7F53BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6E6E8

Lighter +30%#E7C2C5

Lighter +20%#D99DA2

Lighter +10%#CB787F

Darker −10%#A03D46

Darker −20%#7B2F36

Darker −30%#562125

Darker −40%#311315

More saturated +25%#DB3543

Less saturated −25%#9F7175

Channel breakdown

R189

G83

B92

Red189 (74.1%)

Green83 (32.5%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue354.91°

Saturation (HSL)44.54%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 53 · B 5C

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