Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#B0024B

  • #B0024B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#B0024B is a red with RGB values 176, 2, 75 and HSL 335°, 98%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#B0024B#B0024B
HEX#B0024B
RGBrgb(176, 2, 75)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.0078, 0.2941
RGB percentages69%, 0.8%, 29.4%
HSLhsl(334.8, 97.8%, 34.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(334.8, 98.9%, 69%)
CMYK0%, 98.9%, 57.4%, 31%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,534,923
CSS custom property--colour: #B0024B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.1:1
Contrast with white7.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#4FFDB4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#41444Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A6347no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C1002Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.1:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 24.4Crimson · ΔE 26.6Indian red · ΔE 27Medium violet red · ΔE 27.5Firebrick · ΔE 28.5Pale violetred · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 24.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#02B067
Analogous#B002A2, #B01002
Triadic#4BB002, #024BB0
Split complementary#02B010, #02A2B0
Tetradic#A2B002, #02B067, #1002B0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FE80B5
Lighter +30%#FD4E97
Lighter +20%#FC1C7A
Lighter +10%#E20360
Darker −10%#7E0136
Darker −20%#4B0120
Darker −30%#19000B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B2004B
Less saturated −25%#9A184F

Channel breakdown

R176
G2
B75
Red176 (69%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue75 (29.4%)
Hue334.83°
Saturation (HSL)97.75%
Lightness34.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B0 · G 02 · B 4B

Keep nerding

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

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “b0024b” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.