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Recognised as Colour

#BE422D

  • #BE422D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Firebrick

#BE422D is a red with RGB values 190, 66, 45 and HSL 9°, 62%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#BE422D#BE422D
HEX#BE422D
RGBrgb(190, 66, 45)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.2588, 0.1765
RGB percentages74.5%, 25.9%, 17.6%
HSLhsl(8.7, 61.7%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(8.7, 76.3%, 74.5%)
CMYK0%, 65.3%, 76.3%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,468,781
CSS custom property--colour: #BE422D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15033WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.24:1
Contrast with white5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B
Inverted#41BDD2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#655B2Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53 from the original
Deuteranopia#847628no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.1 from the original
Tritanopia#D1203Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 9.9Brown · ΔE 11.9Dark red · ΔE 17.9Indian red · ΔE 19Sienna · ΔE 19.7Maroon · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 9.9, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2DA9BE
Analogous#BE2D61, #BE8A2D
Triadic#2DBE42, #422DBE
Split complementary#2DBE8B, #2D60BE
Tetradic#61BE2D, #2DA9BE, #8A2DBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1CCC6
Lighter +30%#E8A79C
Lighter +20%#DE8373
Lighter +10%#D45E4A
Darker −10%#953423
Darker −20%#6C2519
Darker −30%#421710
Darker −40%#190906
More saturated +25%#DB2D10
Less saturated −25%#A1574A

Channel breakdown

R190
G66
B45
Red190 (74.5%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue45 (17.6%)
Hue8.69°
Saturation (HSL)61.7%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BE · G 42 · B 2D

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