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Recognised as Colour

#B00259

  • #B00259
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#B00259 is a red with RGB values 176, 2, 89 and HSL 330°, 98%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#B00259#B00259
HEX#B00259
RGBrgb(176, 2, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.0078, 0.349
RGB percentages69%, 0.8%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(330, 97.8%, 34.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(330, 98.9%, 69%)
CMYK0%, 98.9%, 49.4%, 31%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,534,937
CSS custom property--colour: #B00259;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09995WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7:1
Contrast with white7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#4FFDA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3D455Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64 from the original
Deuteranopia#686455no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C00033no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 19.4Deep pink · ΔE 28.3Pale violetred · ΔE 29.3Hot pink · ΔE 30.2Indian red · ΔE 32.1Brown · ΔE 32.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 19.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#02B059
Analogous#B002B0, #B00202
Triadic#59B002, #0259B0
Split complementary#02B002, #02B0B0
Tetradic#B0B002, #02B059, #0202B0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FE80BF
Lighter +30%#FD4EA6
Lighter +20%#FC1C8C
Lighter +10%#E20372
Darker −10%#7E013F
Darker −20%#4B0126
Darker −30%#19000C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B20059
Less saturated −25%#9A1859

Channel breakdown

R176
G2
B89
Red176 (69%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue330°
Saturation (HSL)97.75%
Lightness34.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B0 · G 02 · B 59

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