Recognised as Colour

#B35E46

#B35E46
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#B35E46 is a red with RGB values 179, 94, 70 and HSL 13°, 44%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#B35E46

RGBrgb(179, 94, 70)

RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.3686, 0.2745

RGB percentages70.2%, 36.9%, 27.5%

HSLhsl(13.2, 43.8%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(13.2, 60.9%, 70.2%)

CMYK0%, 47.5%, 60.9%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,755,078

CSS custom property--colour: #B35E46;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18031WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.61:1

Contrast with white4.56:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.61:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#6E6E6E

Inverted#4CA1B9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#746B44no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#887D45no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original

Tritanopia#C34F58no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 9.1 Indian red · ΔE 14.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 17.9 Dark salmon · ΔE 20.8 Brown · ΔE 21.2 Light coral · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 9.14, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#469BB3

Analogous#B34665, #B39446

Triadic#46B35E, #5E46B3

Split complementary#46B394, #4665B3

Tetradic#65B346, #469BB3, #9446B3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFDCD6

Lighter +30%#E1BCB1

Lighter +20%#D29C8D

Lighter +10%#C47C68

Darker −10%#8E4B38

Darker −20%#6A3729

Darker −30%#45241B

Darker −40%#20110D

More saturated +25%#D24D27

Less saturated −25%#946F65

Channel breakdown

R179

G94

B70

Red179 (70.2%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue70 (27.5%)

Hue13.21°

Saturation (HSL)43.78%

Lightness48.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B3 · G 5E · B 46

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