Recognised as Colour

#BF0032

#BF0032
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#BF0032 is a red with RGB values 191, 0, 50 and HSL 344°, 100%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#BF0032#BF0032

HEX#BF0032

RGBrgb(191, 0, 50)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0, 0.1961

RGB percentages74.9%, 0%, 19.6%

HSLhsl(344.3, 100%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.3, 100%, 74.9%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 73.8%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,517,426

CSS custom property--colour: #BF0032;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.44:1

Contrast with white6.44:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#40FFCD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C4732no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#776B2Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.6 from the original

Tritanopia#D3001Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.26:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 9.5 Firebrick · ΔE 12.3 Brown · ΔE 16 Dark red · ΔE 21.9 Maroon · ΔE 24.1 Indian red · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 9.51, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00BF8D

Analogous#BF0091, #BF2D00

Triadic#32BF00, #0032BF

Split complementary#00BF2D, #0091BF

Tetradic#92BF00, #00BF8D, #2E00BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF8CAA

Lighter +30%#FF5984

Lighter +20%#FF265F

Lighter +10%#F2003F

Darker −10%#8C0025

Darker −20%#590017

Darker −30%#26000A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BF0032

Less saturated −25%#A7183D

Channel breakdown

R191

B50

Red191 (74.9%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue50 (19.6%)

Hue344.29°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BF · G 00 · B 32

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