Colour

#BE4041

#BE4041
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#BE4041 is a red with RGB values 190, 64, 65 and HSL 360°, 50%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#BE4041#BE4041

HEX#BE4041

RGBrgb(190, 64, 65)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.251, 0.2549

RGB percentages74.5%, 25.1%, 25.5%

HSLhsl(359.5, 49.6%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(359.5, 66.3%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 66.3%, 65.8%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,468,289

CSS custom property--colour: #BE4041;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14996WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.25:1

Contrast with white5.25:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#41BFBE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#625B40no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#81763Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D02142no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 8.7 Indian red · ΔE 11 Firebrick · ΔE 13.2 Crimson · ΔE 21.4 Dark red · ΔE 22.3 Salmon · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 8.67, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#40BEBD

Analogous#BE4080, #BE7E40

Triadic#41BE40, #4041BE

Split complementary#40BE7E, #4080BE

Tetradic#80BE40, #40BEBD, #7E40BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2D8D8

Lighter +30%#E5B2B2

Lighter +20%#D88C8C

Lighter +10%#CB6666

Darker −10%#983334

Darker −20%#722627

Darker −30%#4C191A

Darker −40%#250D0D

More saturated +25%#DE2022

Less saturated −25%#9E6060

Channel breakdown

R190

G64

B65

Red190 (74.5%)

Green64 (25.1%)

Blue65 (25.5%)

Hue359.52°

Saturation (HSL)49.61%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G 40 · B 41

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