Colour

#B40046

#B40046
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#B40046 is a red with RGB values 180, 0, 70 and HSL 337°, 100%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#B40046#B40046

HEX#B40046

RGBrgb(180, 0, 70)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0, 0.2745

RGB percentages70.6%, 0%, 27.5%

HSLhsl(336.7, 100%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(336.7, 100%, 70.6%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 61.1%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,796,550

CSS custom property--colour: #B40046;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10145WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness101.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.93:1

Contrast with white6.93:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#4BFFB9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#434447no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 66.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#6D6542no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.9 from the original

Tritanopia#C60028no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 21.5 Crimson · ΔE 22.4 Firebrick · ΔE 24.7 Indian red · ΔE 25.6 Medium violet red · ΔE 31.1 Maroon · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 21.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00B46E

Analogous#B400A0, #B41400

Triadic#46B400, #0046B4

Split complementary#00B414, #00A0B4

Tetradic#A0B400, #00B46E, #1400B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF81B2

Lighter +30%#FF4E93

Lighter +20%#FF1B74

Lighter +10%#E7005A

Darker −10%#810032

Darker −20%#4E001E

Darker −30%#1B000A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B40046

Less saturated −25%#9E174B

Channel breakdown

R180

B70

Red180 (70.6%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue70 (27.5%)

Hue336.67°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness35.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B4 · G 00 · B 46

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