#be271b

Color #be271b

A vivid, highly saturated medium red.

Closest named color Firebrick #b22222 · ΔE 7.97 Nearest Tailwind class red-700 #c10007 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#be271b

RGB

rgb(190, 39, 27)

HSL

hsl(4.4, 75.1%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(4.4, 85.8%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 85.8%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(41.97, 57.87, 44.83)

LCH

lch(41.97, 73.2, 37.76)

OKLCH

oklch(52.2%, 0.1884, 29.57)

HWB

hwb(4.4, 10.6%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1bb2be

Analogous

#be1b60

#be271b

#be781b

Triadic

#be271b

#1bbe27

#271bbe

Split-complementary

#be271b

#1bbe78

#1b60be

Tetradic

#be271b

#b2be1b

#1bb2be

#271bbe

Square

#be271b

#60be1b

#1bb2be

#781bbe

Shades

Color #be271b mixed toward black.

#9e2016

#7f1a12

#5f130d

#3f0d09

#200604

Tints

Color #be271b mixed toward white.

#e13729

#e75f54

#ed877f

#f3afa9

#f9d7d4

Tones

Color #be271b mixed toward gray.

#b03229

#a33e36

#954a44

#885551

#7a615f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.5:1

White text reads better on this background (6.01:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#95941e · ΔE 48.2

Deuteranopia

#9ba31f · ΔE 53.1

Tritanopia

#ba2121 · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 27.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #be271b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#be271b]

Related colors

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Salmon #fa8072

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Frequently asked questions

#be271b (#be271b) is rgb(190, 39, 27) in RGB.

No, #be271b is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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