Colour

#B20014

#B20014
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#B20014 is a red with RGB values 178, 0, 20 and HSL 353°, 100%, 35%. 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

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HEX#B20014

RGBrgb(178, 0, 20)

RGB (0–1)0.698, 0, 0.0784

RGB percentages69.8%, 0%, 7.8%

HSLhsl(353.3, 100%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.3, 100%, 69.8%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 88.8%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,665,428

CSS custom property--colour: #B20014;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09515WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness97.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.23:1

Contrast with white7.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#4DFFEB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#494011no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 66.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#706305no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66 from the original

Tritanopia#C5000Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 8 Dark red · ΔE 13.8 Crimson · ΔE 16.8 Brown · ΔE 17.2 Maroon · ΔE 18.3 Tomato · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 8.04, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00B29E

Analogous#B2006D, #B24500

Triadic#14B200, #0014B2

Split complementary#00B245, #006DB2

Tetradic#6DB200, #00B29E, #4500B2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF7F8D

Lighter +30%#FF4C60

Lighter +20%#FF1933

Lighter +10%#E5001A

Darker −10%#7F000E

Darker −20%#4C0009

Darker −30%#190003

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B20014

Less saturated −25%#9C1625

Channel breakdown

R178

B20

Red178 (69.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue20 (7.8%)

Hue353.26°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness34.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B2 · G 00 · B 14

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