Recognised as Colour

#B3301A

#B3301A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#B3301A is a red with RGB values 179, 48, 26 and HSL 9°, 75%, 40%. 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

#B3301A#B3301A

HEX#B3301A

RGBrgb(179, 48, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.1882, 0.102

RGB percentages70.2%, 18.8%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(8.6, 74.6%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.6, 85.5%, 70.2%)

CMYK0%, 73.2%, 85.5%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,743,258

CSS custom property--colour: #B3301A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness104.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.26:1

Contrast with white6.26:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#4CCFE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#584E15no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#786B12no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.4 from the original

Tritanopia#C6002Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 7.5 Dark red · ΔE 13 Brown · ΔE 13.5 Maroon · ΔE 16.6 Tomato · ΔE 22.5 Crimson · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 7.54, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1A9DB3

Analogous#B31A50, #B37D1A

Triadic#1AB330, #301AB3

Split complementary#1AB37D, #1A51B3

Tetradic#51B31A, #1A9DB3, #7D1AB3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2B2A7

Lighter +30%#EC8B7A

Lighter +20%#E5644E

Lighter +10%#DF3C21

Darker −10%#862414

Darker −20%#5A180D

Darker −30%#2D0C07

Darker −40%#010000

More saturated +25%#CD1E00

Less saturated −25%#994234

Channel breakdown

R179

G48

B26

Red179 (70.2%)

Green48 (18.8%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue8.63°

Saturation (HSL)74.63%

Lightness40.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B3 · G 30 · B 1A

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