Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#BD6474

  • #BD6474
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#BD6474 is a red with RGB values 189, 100, 116 and HSL 349°, 40%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#BD6474#BD6474
HEX#BD6474
RGBrgb(189, 100, 116)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.3922, 0.4549
RGB percentages74.1%, 39.2%, 45.5%
HSLhsl(349.2, 40.3%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(349.2, 47.1%, 74.1%)
CMYK0%, 47.1%, 38.6%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,412,020
CSS custom property--colour: #BD6474;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21194WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.24:1
Contrast with white4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#429B8B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#747474no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B8672no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Tritanopia#CB5B6Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 13Indian red · ΔE 16.6Light coral · ΔE 18.7Rosy brown · ΔE 22.8Salmon · ΔE 27.1Dark salmon · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 13.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#64BDAD
Analogous#BD64A1, #BD8064
Triadic#74BD64, #6474BD
Split complementary#64BD81, #64A1BD
Tetradic#A1BD64, #64BDAD, #8064BD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAF3F4
Lighter +30%#EBCFD4
Lighter +20%#DBACB4
Lighter +10%#CC8894
Darker −10%#A74758
Darker −20%#833845
Darker −30%#5F2932
Darker −40%#3C1920
More saturated +25%#D94862
Less saturated −25%#A18086

Channel breakdown

R189
G100
B116
Red189 (74.1%)
Green100 (39.2%)
Blue116 (45.5%)
Hue349.21°
Saturation (HSL)40.27%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BD · G 64 · B 74

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “bd6474” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.