Recognised as Colour

#B00C26

#B00C26
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#B00C26 is a red with RGB values 176, 12, 38 and HSL 350°, 87%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#B00C26#B00C26

HEX#B00C26

RGBrgb(176, 12, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.0471, 0.149

RGB percentages69%, 4.7%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(350.5, 87.2%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.5, 93.2%, 69%)

CMYK0%, 93.2%, 78.4%, 31%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,537,446

CSS custom property--colour: #B00C26;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09633WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness97.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.18:1

Contrast with white7.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#4FF3D9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#494225no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#6F631Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.1 from the original

Tritanopia#C2001Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 6.3 Brown · ΔE 10.6 Crimson · ΔE 14.8 Dark red · ΔE 15.1 Maroon · ΔE 17.4 Indian red · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 6.32, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0CB096

Analogous#B00C78, #B0440C

Triadic#26B00C, #0C26B0

Split complementary#0CB044, #0C78B0

Tetradic#78B00C, #0CB096, #440CB0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F791A1

Lighter +30%#F46178

Lighter +20%#F1314F

Lighter +10%#E00F30

Darker −10%#80091C

Darker −20%#510511

Darker −30%#210207

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BC001E

Less saturated −25%#992436

Channel breakdown

R176

G12

B38

Red176 (69%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue350.49°

Saturation (HSL)87.23%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B0 · G 0C · B 26

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