Colour

#BF284B

#BF284B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#BF284B is a red with RGB values 191, 40, 75 and HSL 346°, 65%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#BF284B#BF284B

HEX#BF284B

RGBrgb(191, 40, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.1569, 0.2941

RGB percentages74.9%, 15.7%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(346.1, 65.4%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.1, 79.1%, 74.9%)

CMYK0%, 79.1%, 60.7%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,527,691

CSS custom property--colour: #BF284B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13102WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.8:1

Contrast with white5.8:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B

Inverted#40D7B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#53514Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 62.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A7047no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D10037no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.62:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 17.1 Indian red · ΔE 18.8 Crimson · ΔE 19.5 Firebrick · ΔE 20.4 Pale violetred · ΔE 28.8 Light coral · ΔE 28.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 17.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#28BF9C

Analogous#BF2896, #BF5128

Triadic#4BBF28, #284BBF

Split complementary#28BF51, #2896BF

Tetradic#97BF28, #28BF9C, #5128BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2C1CC

Lighter +30%#E997AA

Lighter +20%#E06D87

Lighter +10%#D84265

Darker −10%#951F3A

Darker −20%#6B162A

Darker −30%#400E19

Darker −40%#160509

More saturated +25%#DC0B3C

Less saturated −25%#A2455A

Channel breakdown

R191

G40

B75

Red191 (74.9%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue346.09°

Saturation (HSL)65.37%

Lightness45.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BF · G 28 · B 4B

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