Recognised as Colour

#B02525

#B02525
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#B02525 is a red with RGB values 176, 37, 37 and HSL 0°, 65%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#B02525#B02525

HEX#B02525

RGBrgb(176, 37, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.1451, 0.1451

RGB percentages69%, 14.5%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(0, 65.3%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 79%, 69%)

CMYK0%, 79%, 79%, 31%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,543,845

CSS custom property--colour: #B02525;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10687WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness101.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.69:1

Contrast with white6.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#434343

Inverted#4FDADA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#514923no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#73671Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59 from the original

Tritanopia#C20027no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 2.3 Brown · ΔE 7.3 Dark red · ΔE 12.8 Maroon · ΔE 15.2 Crimson · ΔE 18.3 Indian red · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 2.33, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#25B0B0

Analogous#B0256B, #B06B25

Triadic#25B025, #2525B0

Split complementary#25B06B, #256BB0

Tetradic#6BB025, #25B0B0, #6B25B0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFB2B2

Lighter +30%#E68888

Lighter +20%#DD5E5E

Lighter +10%#D43434

Darker −10%#861C1C

Darker −20%#5C1313

Darker −30%#320A0A

Darker −40%#070202

More saturated +25%#CB0A0A

Less saturated −25%#954040

Channel breakdown

R176

G37

B37

Red176 (69%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)65.26%

Lightness41.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B0 · G 25 · B 25

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