Recognised as Colour

#B50C4E

#B50C4E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#B50C4E is a red with RGB values 181, 12, 78 and HSL 337°, 88%, 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 Brown.

Colour values

#B50C4E#B50C4E

HEX#B50C4E

RGBrgb(181, 12, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.0471, 0.3059

RGB percentages71%, 4.7%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(336.6, 87.6%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(336.6, 93.4%, 71%)

CMYK0%, 93.4%, 56.9%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,865,166

CSS custom property--colour: #B50C4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10637WCAG 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 6.71:1

Contrast with white6.71:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#4AF3B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#44474Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E674Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66 from the original

Tritanopia#C6002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 24.3 Crimson · ΔE 25.7 Indian red · ΔE 26.2 Medium violet red · ΔE 27.3 Firebrick · ΔE 28.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 24.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0CB573

Analogous#B50CA2, #B51F0C

Triadic#4EB50C, #0C4EB5

Split complementary#0CB51F, #0CA2B5

Tetradic#A2B50C, #0CB573, #1F0CB5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F895BC

Lighter +30%#F5659D

Lighter +20%#F2357F

Lighter +10%#E50F63

Darker −10%#850939

Darker −20%#550625

Darker −30%#260210

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C1004B

Less saturated −25%#9D2453

Channel breakdown

R181

G12

B78

Red181 (71%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue336.57°

Saturation (HSL)87.56%

Lightness37.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B5 · G 0C · B 4E

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