Colour

#BD5962

#BD5962
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#BD5962 is a red with RGB values 189, 89, 98 and HSL 355°, 43%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#BD5962#BD5962

HEX#BD5962

RGBrgb(189, 89, 98)

RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.349, 0.3843

RGB percentages74.1%, 34.9%, 38.4%

HSLhsl(354.6, 43.1%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.6, 52.9%, 74.1%)

CMYK0%, 52.9%, 48.1%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,409,186

CSS custom property--colour: #BD5962;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18845WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness128.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.77:1

Contrast with white4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#42A69D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6F6C62no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#888060no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original

Tritanopia#CD4B5Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 9.2 Light coral · ΔE 16.6 Pale violetred · ΔE 17.7 Brown · ΔE 22.6 Salmon · ΔE 22.8 Sienna · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 9.19, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#59BDB4

Analogous#BD5994, #BD8259

Triadic#62BD59, #5962BD

Split complementary#59BD82, #5994BD

Tetradic#94BD59, #59BDB4, #8259BD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7EBEC

Lighter +30%#E9C6CA

Lighter +20%#DAA2A7

Lighter +10%#CC7D85

Darker −10%#A24149

Darker −20%#7E3239

Darker −30%#592428

Darker −40%#351518

More saturated +25%#DA3C4A

Less saturated −25%#A0767A

Channel breakdown

R189

G89

B98

Red189 (74.1%)

Green89 (34.9%)

Blue98 (38.4%)

Hue354.6°

Saturation (HSL)43.1%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BD · G 59 · B 62

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