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Recognised as Colour

#B3014E

  • #B3014E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#B3014E is a red with RGB values 179, 1, 78 and HSL 334°, 99%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#B3014E#B3014E
HEX#B3014E
RGBrgb(179, 1, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.0039, 0.3059
RGB percentages70.2%, 0.4%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(334, 98.9%, 35.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(334, 99.4%, 70.2%)
CMYK0%, 99.4%, 56.4%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,731,278
CSS custom property--colour: #B3014E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10155WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness101.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.93:1
Contrast with white6.93:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#4CFEB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#41454Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6B654Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.8 from the original
Tritanopia#C4002Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 25.7Medium violet red · ΔE 26.2Crimson · ΔE 26.9Indian red · ΔE 27.7Firebrick · ΔE 29.6Pale violetred · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 25.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#01B366
Analogous#B301A7, #B30D01
Triadic#4EB301, #014EB3
Split complementary#01B30D, #01A7B3
Tetradic#A7B301, #01B366, #0D01B3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FE82B8
Lighter +30%#FE4F9B
Lighter +20%#FE1C7E
Lighter +10%#E60164
Darker −10%#800138
Darker −20%#4E0022
Darker −30%#1B000C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B4004E
Less saturated −25%#9C1851

Channel breakdown

R179
G1
B78
Red179 (70.2%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue334.04°
Saturation (HSL)98.89%
Lightness35.29%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B3 · G 01 · B 4E

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