Recognised as Colour

#BF253A

#BF253A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#BF253A is a red with RGB values 191, 37, 58 and HSL 352°, 68%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#BF253A#BF253A

HEX#BF253A

RGBrgb(191, 37, 58)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.1451, 0.2275

RGB percentages74.9%, 14.5%, 22.7%

HSLhsl(351.8, 67.5%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.8, 80.6%, 74.9%)

CMYK0%, 80.6%, 69.6%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,526,906

CSS custom property--colour: #BF253A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12705WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.93:1

Contrast with white5.93:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#474747

Inverted#40DAC5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#554F39no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 63.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B6F35no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.6 from the original

Tritanopia#D2002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.54:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 11.1 Brown · ΔE 11.5 Crimson · ΔE 13.4 Indian red · ΔE 19.5 Dark red · ΔE 21.5 Maroon · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 11.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#25BFAA

Analogous#BF2587, #BF5D25

Triadic#3ABF25, #253ABF

Split complementary#25BF5D, #2587BF

Tetradic#87BF25, #25BFAA, #5D25BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2BEC5

Lighter +30%#EA939F

Lighter +20%#E26879

Lighter +10%#DA3D53

Darker −10%#941D2D

Darker −20%#6A1420

Darker −30%#3F0C13

Darker −40%#140406

More saturated +25%#DC0925

Less saturated −25%#A3424F

Channel breakdown

R191

G37

B58

Red191 (74.9%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue58 (22.7%)

Hue351.82°

Saturation (HSL)67.54%

Lightness44.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BF · G 25 · B 3A

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