Colour

#B44227

#B44227
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#B44227 is a red with RGB values 180, 66, 39 and HSL 11°, 64%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#B44227

RGBrgb(180, 66, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.2588, 0.1529

RGB percentages70.6%, 25.9%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(11.5, 64.4%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.5, 78.3%, 70.6%)

CMYK0%, 63.3%, 78.3%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,813,415

CSS custom property--colour: #B44227;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13746WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.6:1

Contrast with white5.6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#585858

Inverted#4BBDD8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#625823no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#7E7123no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C6243Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.75:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 12.2 Brown · ΔE 12.3 Sienna · ΔE 16.1 Dark red · ΔE 17 Maroon · ΔE 18.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 12.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2799B4

Analogous#B42753, #B48927

Triadic#27B442, #4227B4

Split complementary#27B489, #2753B4

Tetradic#52B427, #2799B4, #8927B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0C2B7

Lighter +30%#E69F8E

Lighter +20%#DD7B64

Lighter +10%#D4573A

Darker −10%#8A331E

Darker −20%#602315

Darker −30%#36140C

Darker −40%#0C0503

More saturated +25%#CF310C

Less saturated −25%#995342

Channel breakdown

R180

G66

B39

Red180 (70.6%)

Green66 (25.9%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue11.49°

Saturation (HSL)64.38%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B4 · G 42 · B 27

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