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Recognised as Colour

#B36D73

  • #B36D73
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#B36D73 is a red with RGB values 179, 109, 115 and HSL 355°, 32%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#B36D73#B36D73
HEX#B36D73
RGBrgb(179, 109, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.702, 0.4275, 0.451
RGB percentages70.2%, 42.7%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(354.9, 31.5%, 56.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(354.9, 39.1%, 70.2%)
CMYK0%, 39.1%, 35.8%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,758,963
CSS custom property--colour: #B36D73;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.21759WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.35:1
Contrast with white3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.35:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#4C928C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7A7873no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B8672no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Tritanopia#BF666Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 15.3Pale violetred · ΔE 20Indian red · ΔE 21.2Light coral · ΔE 21.8Dark salmon · ΔE 25Light pink · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 15.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6DB3AD
Analogous#B36D96, #B38A6D
Triadic#73B36D, #6D73B3
Split complementary#6DB38A, #6D96B3
Tetradic#96B36D, #6DB3AD, #8A6DB3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9F3F4
Lighter +30%#E7D2D3
Lighter +20%#D6B0B3
Lighter +10%#C48F93
Darker −10%#9C5158
Darker −20%#7A4045
Darker −30%#592E32
Darker −40%#371D1F
More saturated +25%#CF515C
Less saturated −25%#97898A

Channel breakdown

R179
G109
B115
Red179 (70.2%)
Green109 (42.7%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue354.86°
Saturation (HSL)31.53%
Lightness56.47%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B3 · G 6D · B 73

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