Recognised as Colour

#BF0045

#BF0045
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#BF0045 is a red with RGB values 191, 0, 69 and HSL 338°, 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

#BF0045#BF0045

HEX#BF0045

RGBrgb(191, 0, 69)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0, 0.2706

RGB percentages74.9%, 0%, 27.1%

HSLhsl(338.3, 100%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(338.3, 100%, 74.9%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 63.9%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,517,445

CSS custom property--colour: #BF0045;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11506WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.36:1

Contrast with white6.36:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#40FFBA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#494846no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 69.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#756C40no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 70.2 from the original

Tritanopia#D20027no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 17.1 Brown · ΔE 20.8 Firebrick · ΔE 21.9 Indian red · ΔE 25.4 Dark red · ΔE 30.2 Maroon · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 17.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00BF7A

Analogous#BF00A5, #BF1B00

Triadic#45BF00, #0045BF

Split complementary#00BF1B, #00A4BF

Tetradic#A4BF00, #00BF7A, #1A00BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF8CB6

Lighter +30%#FF5995

Lighter +20%#FF2674

Lighter +10%#F20057

Darker −10%#8C0033

Darker −20%#590020

Darker −30%#26000E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BF0045

Less saturated −25%#A7184C

Channel breakdown

R191

B69

Red191 (74.9%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue69 (27.1%)

Hue338.32°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BF · G 00 · B 45

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