Colour

#B41848

#B41848
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#B41848 is a red with RGB values 180, 24, 72 and HSL 342°, 76%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#B41848#B41848

HEX#B41848

RGBrgb(180, 24, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.0941, 0.2824

RGB percentages70.6%, 9.4%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(341.5, 76.5%, 40%)

HSV / HSBhsv(341.5, 86.7%, 70.6%)

CMYK0%, 86.7%, 60%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,802,696

CSS custom property--colour: #B41848;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness103 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.64:1

Contrast with white6.64:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D

Inverted#4BE7B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#494949no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 63 from the original

Deuteranopia#706844no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 63.9 from the original

Tritanopia#C5002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 19.4 Indian red · ΔE 22.5 Crimson · ΔE 22.9 Firebrick · ΔE 23.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 29.7 Maroon · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 19.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#18B484

Analogous#B41896, #B43618

Triadic#48B418, #1848B4

Split complementary#18B436, #1896B4

Tetradic#96B418, #18B484, #3618B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3A5BD

Lighter +30%#ED789C

Lighter +20%#E74B7B

Lighter +10%#E11E5A

Darker −10%#871236

Darker −20%#5A0C24

Darker −30%#2D0612

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CC003F

Less saturated −25%#9B3152

Channel breakdown

R180

G24

B72

Red180 (70.6%)

Green24 (9.4%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue341.54°

Saturation (HSL)76.47%

Lightness40%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B4 · G 18 · B 48

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