Recognised as Colour

#B32D20

#B32D20
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#B32D20 is a red with RGB values 179, 45, 32 and HSL 5°, 70%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#B32D20#B32D20

HEX#B32D20

RGBrgb(179, 45, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.1765, 0.1255

RGB percentages70.2%, 17.6%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(5.3, 69.7%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.3, 82.1%, 70.2%)

CMYK0%, 74.9%, 82.1%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,742,496

CSS custom property--colour: #B32D20;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11565WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness104.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.34:1

Contrast with white6.34:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#494949

Inverted#4CD2DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#564D1Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#776A19no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.3 from the original

Tritanopia#C5002Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.31:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 4.3 Brown · ΔE 10.5 Dark red · ΔE 12.6 Maroon · ΔE 15.8 Crimson · ΔE 20.4 Tomato · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 4.3, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#20A6B3

Analogous#B3205D, #B37620

Triadic#20B32D, #2D20B3

Split complementary#20B376, #205DB3

Tetradic#5DB320, #20A6B3, #7620B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1B4AE

Lighter +30%#E98C83

Lighter +20%#E16458

Lighter +10%#D93C2D

Darker −10%#882218

Darker −20%#5C1711

Darker −30%#310C09

Darker −40%#060101

More saturated +25%#CD1706

Less saturated −25%#99433A

Channel breakdown

R179

G45

B32

Red179 (70.2%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue5.31°

Saturation (HSL)69.67%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B3 · G 2D · B 20

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