Recognised as Colour

#BF2D37

#BF2D37
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#BF2D37 is a red with RGB values 191, 45, 55 and HSL 356°, 62%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#BF2D37#BF2D37

HEX#BF2D37

RGBrgb(191, 45, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.1765, 0.2157

RGB percentages74.9%, 17.6%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(355.9, 61.9%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.9, 76.4%, 74.9%)

CMYK0%, 76.4%, 71.2%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,528,951

CSS custom property--colour: #BF2D37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13229WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.76:1

Contrast with white5.76:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#40D2C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#595236no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7D7132no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.6 from the original

Tritanopia#D20032no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.65:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 8.3 Brown · ΔE 9.4 Crimson · ΔE 14.5 Indian red · ΔE 18.2 Dark red · ΔE 19.5 Maroon · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 8.28, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2DBFB5

Analogous#BF2D80, #BF6C2D

Triadic#37BF2D, #2D37BF

Split complementary#2DBF6C, #2D80BF

Tetradic#80BF2D, #2DBFB5, #6C2DBF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2C6C9

Lighter +30%#E89DA2

Lighter +20%#DE747B

Lighter +10%#D44B54

Darker −10%#96232B

Darker −20%#6C1A1F

Darker −30%#431013

Darker −40%#1A0607

More saturated +25%#DC101E

Less saturated −25%#A24B50

Channel breakdown

R191

G45

B55

Red191 (74.9%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue355.89°

Saturation (HSL)61.86%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BF · G 2D · B 37

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