Recognised as Colour

#B44A38

#B44A38
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#B44A38 is a red with RGB values 180, 74, 56 and HSL 9°, 53%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#B44A38#B44A38

HEX#B44A38

RGBrgb(180, 74, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.7059, 0.2902, 0.2196

RGB percentages70.6%, 29%, 22%

HSLhsl(8.7, 52.5%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.7, 68.9%, 70.6%)

CMYK0%, 58.9%, 68.9%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,815,480

CSS custom property--colour: #B44A38;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14886WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness115.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.28:1

Contrast with white5.28:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5F5F5F

Inverted#4BB5C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#665D36no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#807435no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.1 from the original

Tritanopia#C53446no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.98:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 11.2 Sienna · ΔE 13.2 Indian red · ΔE 13.2 Firebrick · ΔE 16.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 19.5 Dark red · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 11.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#38A2B4

Analogous#B43864, #B48838

Triadic#38B44A, #4A38B4

Split complementary#38B488, #3864B4

Tetradic#64B438, #38A2B4, #8838B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EECFCA

Lighter +30%#E2ACA3

Lighter +20%#D6897C

Lighter +10%#CA6655

Darker −10%#8D3A2C

Darker −20%#662A20

Darker −30%#3F1A14

Darker −40%#180A08

More saturated +25%#D2351B

Less saturated −25%#965F55

Channel breakdown

R180

G74

B56

Red180 (70.6%)

Green74 (29%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue8.71°

Saturation (HSL)52.54%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B4 · G 4A · B 38

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