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Recognised as Colour

#BE454E

  • #BE454E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#BE454E is a red with RGB values 190, 69, 78 and HSL 356°, 48%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#BE454E#BE454E
HEX#BE454E
RGBrgb(190, 69, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.2706, 0.3059
RGB percentages74.5%, 27.1%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(355.5, 48.2%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(355.5, 63.7%, 74.5%)
CMYK0%, 63.7%, 58.9%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,469,582
CSS custom property--colour: #BE454E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15753WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.06:1
Contrast with white5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F
Inverted#41BAB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#635F4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#82784Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.6 from the original
Tritanopia#D02D49no 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 text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 8.1Brown · ΔE 13.2Firebrick · ΔE 19.4Light coral · ΔE 20.6Salmon · ΔE 22.5Sienna · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 8.1, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#45BEB5
Analogous#BE458A, #BE7845
Triadic#4EBE45, #454EBE
Split complementary#45BE78, #458ABE
Tetradic#8BBE45, #45BEB5, #7945BE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3DCDE
Lighter +30%#E6B6BA
Lighter +20%#D89196
Lighter +10%#CB6B72
Darker −10%#9A363D
Darker −20%#74292E
Darker −30%#4F1B1F
Darker −40%#290E10
More saturated +25%#DD2633
Less saturated −25%#9F6469

Channel breakdown

R190
G69
B78
Red190 (74.5%)
Green69 (27.1%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue355.54°
Saturation (HSL)48.21%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BE · G 45 · B 4E

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