Colour

#BE5541

#BE5541
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#BE5541 is a red with RGB values 190, 85, 65 and HSL 10°, 49%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#BE5541#BE5541

HEX#BE5541

RGBrgb(190, 85, 65)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.3333, 0.2549

RGB percentages74.5%, 33.3%, 25.5%

HSLhsl(9.6, 49%, 50%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.6, 65.8%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 55.3%, 65.8%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,473,665

CSS custom property--colour: #BE5541;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17826WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness124.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.6:1

Contrast with white4.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.57:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#41AABE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#70673Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#8A7E3Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D04051no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 11.5 Sienna · ΔE 13.2 Brown · ΔE 14.8 Salmon · ΔE 18.7 Firebrick · ΔE 19 Saddle brown · ΔE 20.6

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 11.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#41AABE

Analogous#BE416B, #BE9441

Triadic#41BE55, #5541BE

Split complementary#41BE94, #416BBE

Tetradic#6BBE41, #41AABE, #9441BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2DDD9

Lighter +30%#E5BBB3

Lighter +20%#D8998D

Lighter +10%#CB7767

Darker −10%#984434

Darker −20%#723327

Darker −30%#4C221A

Darker −40%#26110D

More saturated +25%#DE3F21

Less saturated −25%#9E6B61

Channel breakdown

R190

G85

B65

Red190 (74.5%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue65 (25.5%)

Hue9.6°

Saturation (HSL)49.02%

Lightness50%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G 55 · B 41

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