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Recognised as Colour

#B05236

  • #B05236
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#B05236 is a red with RGB values 176, 82, 54 and HSL 14°, 53%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#B05236#B05236
HEX#B05236
RGBrgb(176, 82, 54)
RGB (0–1)0.6902, 0.3216, 0.2118
RGB percentages69%, 32.2%, 21.2%
HSLhsl(13.8, 53%, 45.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(13.8, 69.3%, 69%)
CMYK0%, 53.4%, 69.3%, 31%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,555,382
CSS custom property--colour: #B05236;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15531WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.11:1
Contrast with white5.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#4FADC9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6B6133no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#827634no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C13F4Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 7.6Saddle brown · ΔE 14.9Indian red · ΔE 16.4Brown · ΔE 16.5Firebrick · ΔE 21.2Salmon · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 7.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3694B0
Analogous#B03657, #B08F36
Triadic#36B052, #5236B0
Split complementary#36B08F, #3657B0
Tetradic#57B036, #3694B0, #8F36B0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDCEC5
Lighter +30%#E1AD9E
Lighter +20%#D58C77
Lighter +10%#C96C50
Darker −10%#89402A
Darker −20%#622E1E
Darker −30%#3B1B12
Darker −40%#140906
More saturated +25%#CD4219
Less saturated −25%#936253

Channel breakdown

R176
G82
B54
Red176 (69%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue54 (21.2%)
Hue13.77°
Saturation (HSL)53.04%
Lightness45.1%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B0 · G 52 · B 36

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