Recognised as Colour

#BE2C3D

#BE2C3D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#BE2C3D is a red with RGB values 190, 44, 61 and HSL 353°, 62%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#BE2C3D#BE2C3D

HEX#BE2C3D

RGBrgb(190, 44, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.1725, 0.2392

RGB percentages74.5%, 17.3%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(353, 62.4%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353, 76.8%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 76.8%, 67.9%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,463,165

CSS custom property--colour: #BE2C3D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13085WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.81:1

Contrast with white5.81:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C

Inverted#41D3C2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#57523Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7C7038no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D10034no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 10.4 Firebrick · ΔE 11.8 Crimson · ΔE 15.6 Indian red · ΔE 17.1 Dark red · ΔE 21.9 Maroon · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 10.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2CBEAD

Analogous#BE2C86, #BE642C

Triadic#3DBE2C, #2C3DBE

Split complementary#2CBE64, #2C86BE

Tetradic#86BE2C, #2CBEAD, #642CBE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1C5CA

Lighter +30%#E89BA4

Lighter +20%#DE727E

Lighter +10%#D54859

Darker −10%#952230

Darker −20%#6B1922

Darker −30%#420F15

Darker −40%#180608

More saturated +25%#DB0F27

Less saturated −25%#A14953

Channel breakdown

R190

G44

B61

Red190 (74.5%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue353.01°

Saturation (HSL)62.39%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G 2C · B 3D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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