Recognised as Colour

#B00608

#B00608
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#B00608 is a red with RGB values 176, 6, 8 and HSL 359°, 93%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#B00608

RGBrgb(176, 6, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.0235, 0.0314

RGB percentages69%, 2.4%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(359.3, 93.4%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(359.3, 96.6%, 69%)

CMYK0%, 96.6%, 95.5%, 31%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,535,880

CSS custom property--colour: #B00608;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09378WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness96.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.3:1

Contrast with white7.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#4FF9F7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#494003no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#6F6200no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C3000Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 11.2 Dark red · ΔE 14.1 Maroon · ΔE 19 Brown · ΔE 20.1 Crimson · ΔE 20.6 Tomato · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 11.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#06B0AE

Analogous#B0065D, #B05906

Triadic#08B006, #0608B0

Split complementary#06B059, #065DB0

Tetradic#5DB006, #06B0AE, #5906B0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FB8788

Lighter +30%#F95658

Lighter +20%#F82427

Lighter +10%#E1080A

Darker −10%#7F0406

Darker −20%#4D0304

Darker −30%#1C0101

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B60002

Less saturated −25%#991D1E

Channel breakdown

R176

Red176 (69%)

Green6 (2.4%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue359.29°

Saturation (HSL)93.41%

Lightness35.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B0 · G 06 · B 08

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