Colour

#BE002F

#BE002F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#BE002F is a red with RGB values 190, 0, 47 and HSL 345°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#BE002F#BE002F

HEX#BE002F

RGBrgb(190, 0, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0, 0.1843

RGB percentages74.5%, 0%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(345.2, 100%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.2, 100%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 75.3%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,451,887

CSS custom property--colour: #BE002F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11152WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.5:1

Contrast with white6.5:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#41FFD0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C462Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#766A28no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D2001Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 9.5 Firebrick · ΔE 11.1 Brown · ΔE 15.6 Dark red · ΔE 20.8 Maroon · ΔE 23.2 Indian red · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 9.47, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00BE8F

Analogous#BE008E, #BE3000

Triadic#2FBE00, #002FBE

Split complementary#00BE30, #008EBE

Tetradic#8EBE00, #00BE8F, #3000BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF8BA8

Lighter +30%#FF5881

Lighter +20%#FF255B

Lighter +10%#F1003C

Darker −10%#8B0022

Darker −20%#580016

Darker −30%#250009

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BE002F

Less saturated −25%#A6183B

Channel breakdown

R190

B47

Red190 (74.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue345.16°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G 00 · B 2F

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