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Recognised as Colour

#BF300A

  • #BF300A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Firebrick

#BF300A is a red with RGB values 191, 48, 10 and HSL 13°, 90%, 39%. 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

#BF300A#BF300A
HEX#BF300A
RGBrgb(191, 48, 10)
RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.1882, 0.0392
RGB percentages74.9%, 18.8%, 3.9%
HSLhsl(12.6, 90%, 39.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(12.6, 94.8%, 74.9%)
CMYK0%, 74.9%, 94.8%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,529,674
CSS custom property--colour: #BF300A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13212WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness110.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.77:1
Contrast with white5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#40CFF5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5D5100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#807100no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.9 from the original
Tritanopia#D3002Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 15.3Dark red · ΔE 19.1Tomato · ΔE 20.2Chocolate · ΔE 22.6Brown · ΔE 23.2Maroon · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 15.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0A99BF
Analogous#BF0A3F, #BF8A0A
Triadic#0ABF30, #300ABF
Split complementary#0ABF8A, #0A3FBF
Tetradic#3FBF0A, #0A99BF, #8A0ABF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAAF9B
Lighter +30%#F7886B
Lighter +20%#F5613A
Lighter +10%#EF3C0D
Darker −10%#8F2407
Darker −20%#5E1805
Darker −30%#2E0B02
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#C92A00
Less saturated −25%#A63F23

Channel breakdown

R191
G48
B10
Red191 (74.9%)
Green48 (18.8%)
Blue10 (3.9%)
Hue12.6°
Saturation (HSL)90.05%
Lightness39.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BF · G 30 · B 0A

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