Colour

#B53776

#B53776
Red
Dark
Nearest: Medium violet red

#B53776 is a red with RGB values 181, 55, 118 and HSL 330°, 53%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

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HEX#B53776

RGBrgb(181, 55, 118)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.2157, 0.4627

RGB percentages71%, 21.6%, 46.3%

HSLhsl(330, 53.4%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(330, 69.6%, 71%)

CMYK0%, 69.6%, 34.8%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,876,214

CSS custom property--colour: #B53776;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13864WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.57:1

Contrast with white5.57:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#4AC889

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D5978no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54 from the original

Deuteranopia#707173no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.3 from the original

Tritanopia#C32D52no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.77:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 17 Pale violetred · ΔE 21 Hot pink · ΔE 23.2 Deep pink · ΔE 31.1 Purple · ΔE 32.6 Indian red · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 17.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#37B576

Analogous#B537B5, #B53737

Triadic#76B537, #3776B5

Split complementary#37B537, #37B5B5

Tetradic#B5B537, #37B576, #3737B5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFC9DC

Lighter +30%#E3A2C3

Lighter +20%#D77BA9

Lighter +10%#CB5490

Darker −10%#8E2B5D

Darker −20%#671F43

Darker −30%#401329

Darker −40%#190710

More saturated +25%#D31976

Less saturated −25%#985476

Channel breakdown

R181

G55

B118

Red181 (71%)

Green55 (21.6%)

Blue118 (46.3%)

Hue330°

Saturation (HSL)53.39%

Lightness46.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B5 · G 37 · B 76

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