Recognised as Colour

#B2572D

#B2572D
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#B2572D is a orange with RGB values 178, 87, 45 and HSL 19°, 60%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#B2572D

RGBrgb(178, 87, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.698, 0.3412, 0.1765

RGB percentages69.8%, 34.1%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(18.9, 59.6%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18.9, 74.7%, 69.8%)

CMYK0%, 51.1%, 74.7%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,687,725

CSS custom property--colour: #B2572D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness118.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.89:1

Contrast with white4.89:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#676767

Inverted#4DA8D2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#706428no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#86792Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original

Tritanopia#C3444Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 7.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 12.7 Chocolate · ΔE 18.5 Peru · ΔE 20.4 Brown · ΔE 21.1 Indian red · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 7.78, clearly different but related

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2D88B2

Analogous#B22D46, #B2992D

Triadic#2DB257, #572DB2

Split complementary#2DB299, #2D46B2

Tetradic#46B22D, #2D88B2, #9A2DB2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EECCBD

Lighter +30%#E4AD94

Lighter +20%#DA8E6B

Lighter +10%#CF6F43

Darker −10%#894323

Darker −20%#612F18

Darker −30%#381B0E

Darker −40%#0F0704

More saturated +25%#CE4D11

Less saturated −25%#966149

Channel breakdown

R178

G87

B45

Red178 (69.8%)

Green87 (34.1%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue18.95°

Saturation (HSL)59.64%

Lightness43.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B2 · G 57 · B 2D

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