Colour

#B40D53

#B40D53
Red
Dark
Nearest: Medium violet red

#B40D53 is a red with RGB values 180, 13, 83 and HSL 335°, 87%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

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HEX#B40D53

RGBrgb(180, 13, 83)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.051, 0.3255

RGB percentages70.6%, 5.1%, 32.5%

HSLhsl(334.9, 86.5%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(334.9, 92.8%, 70.6%)

CMYK0%, 92.8%, 53.9%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,799,891

CSS custom property--colour: #B40D53;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10616WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.72:1

Contrast with white6.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#4BF2AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#434854no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 64.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C674Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.1 from the original

Tritanopia#C50031no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 24.3 Brown · ΔE 27.1 Indian red · ΔE 27.8 Pale violetred · ΔE 28.8 Crimson · ΔE 28.8 Deep pink · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 24.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0DB46E

Analogous#B40DA7, #B41B0D

Triadic#53B40D, #0D53B4

Split complementary#0DB41B, #0DA7B4

Tetradic#A7B40D, #0DB46E, #1B0DB4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F796BF

Lighter +30%#F466A2

Lighter +20%#F13684

Lighter +10%#E41069

Darker −10%#840A3D

Darker −20%#550627

Darker −30%#250311

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C10051

Less saturated −25%#9C2557

Channel breakdown

R180

G13

B83

Red180 (70.6%)

Green13 (5.1%)

Blue83 (32.5%)

Hue334.85°

Saturation (HSL)86.53%

Lightness37.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B4 · G 0D · B 53

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