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Recognised as Colour

#BE2A5B

  • #BE2A5B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#BE2A5B is a red with RGB values 190, 42, 91 and HSL 340°, 64%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#BE2A5B#BE2A5B
HEX#BE2A5B
RGBrgb(190, 42, 91)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.1647, 0.3569
RGB percentages74.5%, 16.5%, 35.7%
HSLhsl(340.1, 63.8%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(340.1, 77.9%, 74.5%)
CMYK0%, 77.9%, 52.1%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,462,683
CSS custom property--colour: #BE2A5B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13358WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.72:1
Contrast with white5.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#41D5A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#51535Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#777157no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.9 from the original
Tritanopia#CF003Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.72:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 22.9Pale violetred · ΔE 24.1Brown · ΔE 25.1Medium violet red · ΔE 26.1Crimson · ΔE 27.5Hot pink · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 22.89, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2ABE8D
Analogous#BE2AA5, #BE432A
Triadic#5BBE2A, #2A5BBE
Split complementary#2ABE43, #2AA5BE
Tetradic#A5BE2A, #2ABE8D, #432ABE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2C2D2
Lighter +30%#E899B3
Lighter +20%#DF6F94
Lighter +10%#D64575
Darker −10%#942147
Darker −20%#6A1833
Darker −30%#410E1F
Darker −40%#17050B
More saturated +25%#DB0D51
Less saturated −25%#A14765

Channel breakdown

R190
G42
B91
Red190 (74.5%)
Green42 (16.5%)
Blue91 (35.7%)
Hue340.14°
Saturation (HSL)63.79%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BE · G 2A · B 5B

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