Recognised as Colour

#BE012F

#BE012F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#BE012F is a red with RGB values 190, 1, 47 and HSL 345°, 99%, 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

#BE012F#BE012F

HEX#BE012F

RGBrgb(190, 1, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.0039, 0.1843

RGB percentages74.5%, 0.4%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(345.4, 99%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.4, 99.5%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 99.5%, 75.3%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,452,143

CSS custom property--colour: #BE012F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11174WCAG 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 6.49:1

Contrast with white6.49:1WCAG normal text: AA

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

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#41FED0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C462Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#776B28no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.5 from the original

Tritanopia#D2001Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 9.5 Firebrick · ΔE 11 Brown · ΔE 15.6 Dark red · ΔE 20.7 Maroon · ΔE 23.2 Indian red · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 9.49, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#01BE90

Analogous#BE018D, #BE3201

Triadic#2FBE01, #012FBE

Split complementary#01BE32, #018DBE

Tetradic#8DBE01, #01BE90, #3201BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FE8DA8

Lighter +30%#FE5A82

Lighter +20%#FE275B

Lighter +10%#F1013C

Darker −10%#8B0122

Darker −20%#590016

Darker −30%#260009

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BF002E

Less saturated −25%#A6193B

Channel breakdown

R190

B47

Red190 (74.5%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue345.4°

Saturation (HSL)98.95%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G 01 · B 2F

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