Recognised as Colour

#BE344A

#BE344A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#BE344A is a red with RGB values 190, 52, 74 and HSL 350°, 57%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#BE344A#BE344A

HEX#BE344A

RGBrgb(190, 52, 74)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.2039, 0.2902

RGB percentages74.5%, 20.4%, 29%

HSLhsl(350.4, 57%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.4, 72.6%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 72.6%, 61.1%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,465,226

CSS custom property--colour: #BE344A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13898WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.56:1

Contrast with white5.56:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#41CBB5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#59564Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#7C7346no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.6 from the original

Tritanopia#D0063Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 13.7 Indian red · ΔE 14.4 Firebrick · ΔE 18.2 Crimson · ΔE 20.5 Light coral · ΔE 25.6 Maroon · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 13.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#34BEA8

Analogous#BE348F, #BE6334

Triadic#4ABE34, #344ABE

Split complementary#34BE63, #348FBE

Tetradic#8FBE34, #34BEA8, #6334BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1CDD3

Lighter +30%#E6A5AF

Lighter +20%#DB7D8C

Lighter +10%#D05568

Darker −10%#96293A

Darker −20%#6E1E2B

Darker −30%#46131B

Darker −40%#1E080C

More saturated +25%#DC1635

Less saturated −25%#A0525F

Channel breakdown

R190

G52

B74

Red190 (74.5%)

Green52 (20.4%)

Blue74 (29%)

Hue350.43°

Saturation (HSL)57.02%

Lightness47.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G 34 · B 4A

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