Colour

#B32E2C

#B32E2C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#B32E2C is a red with RGB values 179, 46, 44 and HSL 1°, 61%, 44%. 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

#B32E2C#B32E2C

HEX#B32E2C

RGBrgb(179, 46, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.1804, 0.1725

RGB percentages70.2%, 18%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(0.9, 60.5%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0.9, 75.4%, 70.2%)

CMYK0%, 74.3%, 75.4%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,742,764

CSS custom property--colour: #B32E2C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1172WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.28:1

Contrast with white6.28:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#4CD1D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#564E2Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#776B27no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.2 from the original

Tritanopia#C5002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 5.3 Brown · ΔE 5.5 Dark red · ΔE 14.9 Maroon · ΔE 16.5 Indian red · ΔE 18.9 Crimson · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 5.26, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2CB1B3

Analogous#B32C6D, #B3722C

Triadic#2CB32E, #2E2CB3

Split complementary#2CB372, #2C6DB3

Tetradic#6DB32C, #2CB1B3, #722CB3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFBDBC

Lighter +30%#E59593

Lighter +20%#DA6C6B

Lighter +10%#D04442

Darker −10%#8A2322

Darker −20%#611918

Darker −30%#380E0E

Darker −40%#0F0404

More saturated +25%#CF1310

Less saturated −25%#974948

Channel breakdown

R179

G46

B44

Red179 (70.2%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue0.89°

Saturation (HSL)60.54%

Lightness43.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B3 · G 2E · B 2C

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