Colour

#B40948

#B40948
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#B40948 is a red with RGB values 180, 9, 72 and HSL 338°, 90%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#B40948#B40948

HEX#B40948

RGBrgb(180, 9, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.0353, 0.2824

RGB percentages70.6%, 3.5%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(337.9, 90.5%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(337.9, 95%, 70.6%)

CMYK0%, 95%, 60%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,798,856

CSS custom property--colour: #B40948;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10367WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness101.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.83:1

Contrast with white6.83:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#4BF6B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#454649no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E6644no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 65.9 from the original

Tritanopia#C5002Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 21.6 Crimson · ΔE 23.2 Indian red · ΔE 25 Firebrick · ΔE 25.1 Medium violet red · ΔE 30.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 21.56, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#09B475

Analogous#B4099E, #B41F09

Triadic#48B409, #0948B4

Split complementary#09B41F, #099EB4

Tetradic#9EB409, #09B475, #1F09B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F990B7

Lighter +30%#F75F97

Lighter +20%#F52E77

Lighter +10%#E50B5B

Darker −10%#830735

Darker −20%#530421

Darker −30%#22020E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BD0046

Less saturated −25%#9C214E

Channel breakdown

R180

B72

Red180 (70.6%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue337.89°

Saturation (HSL)90.48%

Lightness37.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B4 · G 09 · B 48

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