Recognised as Colour

#BE5A4F

#BE5A4F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#BE5A4F is a red with RGB values 190, 90, 79 and HSL 6°, 46%, 53%. 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

#BE5A4F#BE5A4F

HEX#BE5A4F

RGBrgb(190, 90, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.7451, 0.3529, 0.3098

RGB percentages74.5%, 35.3%, 31%

HSLhsl(5.9, 46.1%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.9, 58.4%, 74.5%)

CMYK0%, 52.6%, 58.4%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,474,959

CSS custom property--colour: #BE5A4F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness127.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.76:1

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

Contrast with black4.76:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E

Inverted#41A5B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#736B4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#8B804Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original

Tritanopia#CF4958no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 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 text4.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 7.1 Sienna · ΔE 15.7 Light coral · ΔE 17.1 Brown · ΔE 17.4 Salmon · ΔE 18.2 Dark salmon · ΔE 22.4

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 7.12, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4FB3BE

Analogous#BE4F7C, #BE924F

Triadic#4FBE5A, #5A4FBE

Split complementary#4FBE92, #4F7CBE

Tetradic#7CBE4F, #4FB3BE, #914FBE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5E6E4

Lighter +30%#E7C3BF

Lighter +20%#DAA099

Lighter +10%#CC7D74

Darker −10%#9F453B

Darker −20%#7A352D

Darker −30%#55251F

Darker −40%#2F1412

More saturated +25%#DC4231

Less saturated −25%#A0726D

Channel breakdown

R190

G90

B79

Red190 (74.5%)

Green90 (35.3%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue5.95°

Saturation (HSL)46.06%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BE · G 5A · B 4F

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