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Recognised as Colour

#BE356D

  • #BE356D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#BE356D is a red with RGB values 190, 53, 109 and HSL 335°, 56%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#BE356D#BE356D
HEX#BE356D
RGBrgb(190, 53, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.2078, 0.4275
RGB percentages74.5%, 20.8%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(335.5, 56.4%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(335.5, 72.1%, 74.5%)
CMYK0%, 72.1%, 42.6%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,465,517
CSS custom property--colour: #BE356D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14597WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.36:1
Contrast with white5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#565656
Inverted#41CA92

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#525A6Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#77746Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.4 from the original
Tritanopia#CE214Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 19.7Pale violetred · ΔE 20Hot pink · ΔE 23.7Indian red · ΔE 27.3Deep pink · ΔE 29Light coral · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 19.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#35BE86
Analogous#BE35B2, #BE4235
Triadic#6DBE35, #356DBE
Split complementary#35BE42, #35B2BE
Tetradic#B2BE35, #35BE86, #4135BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1CEDC
Lighter +30%#E6A6C0
Lighter +20%#DB7EA4
Lighter +10%#D05688
Darker −10%#962A56
Darker −20%#6E1F3F
Darker −30%#461428
Darker −40%#1E0911
More saturated +25%#DC1767
Less saturated −25%#A05373

Channel breakdown

R190
G53
B109
Red190 (74.5%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue335.47°
Saturation (HSL)56.38%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BE · G 35 · B 6D

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