Recognised as Colour

#B30F07

#B30F07
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#B30F07 is a red with RGB values 179, 15, 7 and HSL 3°, 92%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#B30F07

RGBrgb(179, 15, 7)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.0588, 0.0275

RGB percentages70.2%, 5.9%, 2.7%

HSLhsl(2.8, 92.5%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.8, 96.1%, 70.2%)

CMYK0%, 91.6%, 96.1%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,734,791

CSS custom property--colour: #B30F07;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09941WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness98.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.03:1

Contrast with white7.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#313131

Inverted#4CF0F8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D4301no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#726500no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.4 from the original

Tritanopia#C60012no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 12.1 Dark red · ΔE 15.1 Maroon · ΔE 20.1 Brown · ΔE 21 Crimson · ΔE 21.2 Tomato · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 12.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#07ABB3

Analogous#B30755, #B36507

Triadic#07B30F, #0F07B3

Split complementary#07B365, #0755B3

Tetradic#55B307, #07ABB3, #6507B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FA918C

Lighter +30%#F9625A

Lighter +20%#F73329

Lighter +10%#E41309

Darker −10%#820B05

Darker −20%#510703

Darker −30%#200301

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BA0900

Less saturated −25%#9C241E

Channel breakdown

R179

G15

Red179 (70.2%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue7 (2.7%)

Hue2.79°

Saturation (HSL)92.47%

Lightness36.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B3 · G 0F · B 07

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