Colour

#BF3229

#BF3229
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#BF3229 is a red with RGB values 191, 50, 41 and HSL 4°, 65%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#BF3229#BF3229

HEX#BF3229

RGBrgb(191, 50, 41)

RGB (0–1)0.749, 0.1961, 0.1608

RGB percentages74.9%, 19.6%, 16.1%

HSLhsl(3.6, 64.7%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3.6, 78.5%, 74.9%)

CMYK0%, 73.8%, 78.5%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,530,217

CSS custom property--colour: #BF3229;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13518WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.67:1

Contrast with white5.67:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#40CDD6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D5326no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F7223no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.9 from the original

Tritanopia#D20031no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.7:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 4.7 Brown · ΔE 11.8 Dark red · ΔE 16.1 Crimson · ΔE 17.1 Maroon · ΔE 19.4 Tomato · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 4.73, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#29B6BF

Analogous#BF296B, #BF7D29

Triadic#29BF32, #3229BF

Split complementary#29BF7D, #296BBF

Tetradic#6BBF29, #29B6BF, #7D29BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2C5C2

Lighter +30%#E99D98

Lighter +20%#E0756E

Lighter +10%#D74D44

Darker −10%#952720

Darker −20%#6B1C17

Darker −30%#41110E

Darker −40%#170605

More saturated +25%#DC180C

Less saturated −25%#A24C46

Channel breakdown

R191

G50

B41

Red191 (74.9%)

Green50 (19.6%)

Blue41 (16.1%)

Hue3.6°

Saturation (HSL)64.66%

Lightness45.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BF · G 32 · B 29

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