Colour

#BF241D

#BF241D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#BF241D is a red with RGB values 191, 36, 29 and HSL 3°, 74%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#BF241D#BF241D

HEX#BF241D

RGBrgb(191, 36, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.1412, 0.1137

RGB percentages74.9%, 14.1%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(2.6, 73.6%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.6, 84.8%, 74.9%)

CMYK0%, 81.2%, 84.8%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,526,621

CSS custom property--colour: #BF241D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12427WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.03:1

Contrast with white6.03:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#40DBE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#574D1Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 63.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#7D6F13no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D30025no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.49:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 7.5 Dark red · ΔE 16.2 Crimson · ΔE 16.5 Brown · ΔE 16.8 Tomato · ΔE 20.5 Maroon · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 7.48, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1DB8BF

Analogous#BF1D67, #BF751D

Triadic#1DBF24, #241DBF

Split complementary#1DBF75, #1D67BF

Tetradic#67BF1D, #1DB8BF, #751DBF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4B7B4

Lighter +30%#ED8C88

Lighter +20%#E6625C

Lighter +10%#DF3730

Darker −10%#931C16

Darker −20%#661310

Darker −30%#3A0B09

Darker −40%#0E0302

More saturated +25%#DB0B02

Less saturated −25%#A33D39

Channel breakdown

R191

G36

B29

Red191 (74.9%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue2.59°

Saturation (HSL)73.64%

Lightness43.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BF · G 24 · B 1D

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