Recognised as Colour

#BF053C

#BF053C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#BF053C is a red with RGB values 191, 5, 60 and HSL 342°, 95%, 38%. 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

#BF053C#BF053C

HEX#BF053C

RGBrgb(191, 5, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.0196, 0.2353

RGB percentages74.9%, 2%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(342.3, 94.9%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.3, 97.4%, 74.9%)

CMYK0%, 97.4%, 68.6%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,518,716

CSS custom property--colour: #BF053C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11511WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106.5 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#313131

Inverted#40FAC3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C483Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 68.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#766C37no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 69.7 from the original

Tritanopia#D20024no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.2 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 12.8 Firebrick · ΔE 16.5 Brown · ΔE 17.2 Indian red · ΔE 24.4 Dark red · ΔE 25.5 Maroon · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 12.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#05BF88

Analogous#BF0599, #BF2B05

Triadic#3CBF05, #053CBF

Split complementary#05BF2B, #0599BF

Tetradic#99BF05, #05BF88, #2B05BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FC94B3

Lighter +30%#FB628F

Lighter +20%#FA306C

Lighter +10%#F1064C

Darker −10%#8D042C

Darker −20%#5C021D

Darker −30%#2A010D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C4003A

Less saturated −25%#A71E46

Channel breakdown

R191

B60

Red191 (74.9%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue342.26°

Saturation (HSL)94.9%

Lightness38.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BF · G 05 · B 3C

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