Recognised as Colour

#B01559

#B01559
Red
Dark
Nearest: Medium violet red

#B01559 is a red with RGB values 176, 21, 89 and HSL 334°, 79%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

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HEX#B01559

RGBrgb(176, 21, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.0824, 0.349

RGB percentages69%, 8.2%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(333.7, 78.7%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(333.7, 88.1%, 69%)

CMYK0%, 88.1%, 49.4%, 31%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,539,801

CSS custom property--colour: #B01559;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10488WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.78:1

Contrast with white6.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#4FEAA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#41485Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6A6556no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 62.8 from the original

Tritanopia#C00037no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 21.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 27.2 Indian red · ΔE 29.4 Deep pink · ΔE 30 Hot pink · ΔE 30.1 Brown · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 21.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#15B06C

Analogous#B015A6, #B01F15

Triadic#59B015, #1559B0

Split complementary#15B01F, #15A6B0

Tetradic#A7B015, #15B06C, #1F15B0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F39EC3

Lighter +30%#EE70A7

Lighter +20%#E9428B

Lighter +10%#DE1A70

Darker −10%#821042

Darker −20%#550A2B

Darker −30%#270514

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C50056

Less saturated −25%#972E5C

Channel breakdown

R176

G21

B89

Red176 (69%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue333.68°

Saturation (HSL)78.68%

Lightness38.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B0 · G 15 · B 59

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Colour values

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