Recognised as Colour

#BE595A

#BE595A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#BE595A is a red with RGB values 190, 89, 90 and HSL 359°, 44%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#BE595A#BE595A

HEX#BE595A

RGBrgb(190, 89, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.349, 0.3529

RGB percentages74.5%, 34.9%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(359.4, 43.7%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(359.4, 53.2%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 53.2%, 52.6%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,474,714

CSS custom property--colour: #BE595A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1883WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.77:1

Contrast with white4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6F6F6F

Inverted#41A6A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#706B59no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#898058no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original

Tritanopia#CE4A5Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 5.9 Light coral · ΔE 15.8 Brown · ΔE 19.6 Salmon · ΔE 20.1 Sienna · ΔE 21.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 21.7

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 5.94, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#59BEBD

Analogous#BE598D, #BE8B59

Triadic#5ABE59, #595ABE

Split complementary#59BE8B, #598DBE

Tetradic#8CBE59, #59BEBD, #8B59BE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7ECEC

Lighter +30%#E9C7C7

Lighter +20%#DBA2A3

Lighter +10%#CC7E7E

Darker −10%#A44041

Darker −20%#7F3233

Darker −30%#5B2324

Darker −40%#361515

More saturated +25%#DB3C3E

Less saturated −25%#A17676

Channel breakdown

R190

G89

B90

Red190 (74.5%)

Green89 (34.9%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue359.41°

Saturation (HSL)43.72%

Lightness54.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G 59 · B 5A

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