Recognised as Colour

#B20E20

#B20E20
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#B20E20 is a red with RGB values 178, 14, 32 and HSL 353°, 85%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#B20E20

RGBrgb(178, 14, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.0549, 0.1255

RGB percentages69.8%, 5.5%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(353.4, 85.4%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.4, 92.1%, 69.8%)

CMYK0%, 92.1%, 82%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,669,024

CSS custom property--colour: #B20E20;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09883WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.05:1

Contrast with white7.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#4DF1DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B431Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#716418no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.1 from the original

Tritanopia#C50019no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 4.4 Brown · ΔE 12.4 Dark red · ΔE 13.7 Crimson · ΔE 14.9 Maroon · ΔE 17 Tomato · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 4.38, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0EB2A0

Analogous#B20E72, #B24E0E

Triadic#20B20E, #0E20B2

Split complementary#0EB24E, #0E72B2

Tetradic#72B20E, #0EB2A0, #4E0EB2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F795A0

Lighter +30%#F36675

Lighter +20%#EF374B

Lighter +10%#E11228

Darker −10%#830A17

Darker −20%#53070F

Darker −30%#240306

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C00015

Less saturated −25%#9A2633

Channel breakdown

R178

G14

B32

Red178 (69.8%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue353.41°

Saturation (HSL)85.42%

Lightness37.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B2 · G 0E · B 20

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