Colour

#BE0000

#BE0000
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#BE0000 is a red with RGB values 190, 0, 0 and HSL 0°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#BE0000#BE0000

HEX#BE0000

RGBrgb(190, 0, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0, 0

RGB percentages74.5%, 0%, 0%

HSLhsl(0, 100%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 100%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 100%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,451,840

CSS custom property--colour: #BE0000;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10947WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness103.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.58:1

Contrast with white6.58:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#41FFFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4F4500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 70 from the original

Deuteranopia#786A00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69 from the original

Tritanopia#D20008no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 18.2 Dark red · ΔE 21.5 Crimson · ΔE 22.6 Orange red · ΔE 23.8 Tomato · ΔE 24.7 Red · ΔE 24.9

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 18.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00BEBE

Analogous#BE005F, #BE5F00

Triadic#00BE00, #0000BE

Split complementary#00BE5F, #005FBE

Tetradic#5FBE00, #00BEBE, #5F00BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF8B8B

Lighter +30%#FF5858

Lighter +20%#FF2525

Lighter +10%#F10000

Darker −10%#8B0000

Darker −20%#580000

Darker −30%#250000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BE0000

Less saturated −25%#A61818

Channel breakdown

R190

Red190 (74.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G 00 · B 00

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