Colour

#BE043A

#BE043A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#BE043A is a red with RGB values 190, 4, 58 and HSL 343°, 96%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#BE043A#BE043A

HEX#BE043A

RGBrgb(190, 4, 58)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.0157, 0.2275

RGB percentages74.5%, 1.6%, 22.7%

HSLhsl(342.6, 95.9%, 38%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.6, 97.9%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 97.9%, 69.5%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,452,922

CSS custom property--colour: #BE043A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11339WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.43:1

Contrast with white6.43:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#41FBC5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B483Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#766B34no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D10022no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.27:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 12.4 Firebrick · ΔE 15.7 Brown · ΔE 16.6 Indian red · ΔE 24.4 Dark red · ΔE 24.7 Maroon · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 12.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#04BE88

Analogous#BE0497, #BE2B04

Triadic#3ABE04, #043ABE

Split complementary#04BE2B, #0497BE

Tetradic#97BE04, #04BE88, #2B04BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FD91B0

Lighter +30%#FC5F8D

Lighter +20%#FB2D69

Lighter +10%#F00549

Darker −10%#8C032B

Darker −20%#5A021C

Darker −30%#28010C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C20038

Less saturated −25%#A61C44

Channel breakdown

R190

B58

Red190 (74.5%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue58 (22.7%)

Hue342.58°

Saturation (HSL)95.88%

Lightness38.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G 04 · B 3A

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