Recognised as Colour

#B02B09

#B02B09
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#B02B09 is a red with RGB values 176, 43, 9 and HSL 12°, 90%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#B02B09#B02B09

HEX#B02B09

RGBrgb(176, 43, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.1686, 0.0353

RGB percentages69%, 16.9%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(12.2, 90.3%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.2, 94.9%, 69%)

CMYK0%, 75.6%, 94.9%, 31%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,545,353

CSS custom property--colour: #B02B09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10978WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness101.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.57:1

Contrast with white6.57:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#4FD4F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#554A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#766800no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C30026no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 12.1 Dark red · ΔE 13.9 Maroon · ΔE 18.3 Brown · ΔE 18.8 Chocolate · ΔE 23.5 Tomato · ΔE 23.6

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 12.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#098EB0

Analogous#B0093A, #B07F09

Triadic#09B02B, #2B09B0

Split complementary#09B07E, #093BB0

Tetradic#3AB009, #098EB0, #7E09B0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9A28C

Lighter +30%#F77B5B

Lighter +20%#F4542B

Lighter +10%#E1370B

Darker −10%#7F1F07

Darker −20%#4F1304

Darker −30%#1E0702

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B92600

Less saturated −25%#993920

Channel breakdown

R176

G43

Red176 (69%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue12.22°

Saturation (HSL)90.27%

Lightness36.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B0 · G 2B · B 09

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