Colour

#BF2D5D

#BF2D5D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#BF2D5D is a red with RGB values 191, 45, 93 and HSL 340°, 62%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#BF2D5D#BF2D5D

HEX#BF2D5D

RGBrgb(191, 45, 93)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.1765, 0.3647

RGB percentages74.9%, 17.6%, 36.5%

HSLhsl(340.3, 61.9%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(340.3, 76.4%, 74.9%)

CMYK0%, 76.4%, 51.3%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,528,989

CSS custom property--colour: #BF2D5D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13743WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.6:1

Contrast with white5.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#505050

Inverted#40D2A2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#52555Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 60.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#787259no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.3 from the original

Tritanopia#D00042no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 22.6 Pale violetred · ΔE 23.2 Brown · ΔE 25.4 Medium violet red · ΔE 25.8 Crimson · ΔE 28 Hot pink · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 22.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2DBF8F

Analogous#BF2DA6, #BF462D

Triadic#5DBF2D, #2D5DBF

Split complementary#2DBF46, #2DA6BF

Tetradic#A6BF2D, #2DBF8F, #462DBF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2C6D5

Lighter +30%#E89DB6

Lighter +20%#DE7497

Lighter +10%#D44B78

Darker −10%#962349

Darker −20%#6C1A35

Darker −30%#431021

Darker −40%#1A060D

More saturated +25%#DC1053

Less saturated −25%#A24B67

Channel breakdown

R191

G45

B93

Red191 (74.9%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue93 (36.5%)

Hue340.27°

Saturation (HSL)61.86%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BF · G 2D · B 5D

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#BF2D5D

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else