Colour

#B30046

#B30046
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#B30046 is a red with RGB values 179, 0, 70 and HSL 337°, 100%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#B30046#B30046

HEX#B30046

RGBrgb(179, 0, 70)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0, 0.2745

RGB percentages70.2%, 0%, 27.5%

HSLhsl(336.5, 100%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(336.5, 100%, 70.2%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 60.9%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,731,014

CSS custom property--colour: #B30046;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness100.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.99:1

Contrast with white6.99:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#4CFFB9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#434447no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#6D6542no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.7 from the original

Tritanopia#C40027no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 21.6 Crimson · ΔE 22.8 Firebrick · ΔE 24.9 Indian red · ΔE 25.7 Medium violet red · ΔE 30.9 Maroon · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 21.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00B36D

Analogous#B300A0, #B31400

Triadic#46B300, #0046B3

Split complementary#00B314, #00A0B3

Tetradic#9FB300, #00B36D, #1300B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF80B2

Lighter +30%#FF4D93

Lighter +20%#FF1A74

Lighter +10%#E6005A

Darker −10%#800032

Darker −20%#4D001E

Darker −30%#1A000A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B30046

Less saturated −25%#9D164B

Channel breakdown

R179

B70

Red179 (70.2%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue70 (27.5%)

Hue336.54°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness35.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B3 · G 00 · B 46

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