Recognised as Colour

#B3563E

#B3563E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#B3563E is a red with RGB values 179, 86, 62 and HSL 12°, 49%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#B3563E

RGBrgb(179, 86, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.3373, 0.2431

RGB percentages70.2%, 33.7%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(12.3, 48.5%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.3, 65.4%, 70.2%)

CMYK0%, 52%, 65.4%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,753,022

CSS custom property--colour: #B3563E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16587WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness119.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.86:1

Contrast with white4.86:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#686868

Inverted#4CA9C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6E653Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#85793Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original

Tritanopia#C44450no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 8.7 Indian red · ΔE 14.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 16.9 Brown · ΔE 17.2 Salmon · ΔE 21.8 Firebrick · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 8.71, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3E9BB3

Analogous#B33E60, #B3913E

Triadic#3EB356, #563EB3

Split complementary#3EB391, #3E60B3

Tetradic#60B33E, #3E9BB3, #913EB3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EED5CF

Lighter +30%#E1B4A9

Lighter +20%#D49483

Lighter +10%#C7735D

Darker −10%#8D4431

Darker −20%#673224

Darker −30%#411F17

Darker −40%#1B0D0A

More saturated +25%#D14420

Less saturated −25%#95685C

Channel breakdown

R179

G86

B62

Red179 (70.2%)

Green86 (33.7%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue12.31°

Saturation (HSL)48.55%

Lightness47.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B3 · G 56 · B 3E

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