Recognised as Colour

#B53E46

#B53E46
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#B53E46 is a red with RGB values 181, 62, 70 and HSL 356°, 49%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#B53E46

RGBrgb(181, 62, 70)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.2431, 0.2745

RGB percentages71%, 24.3%, 27.5%

HSLhsl(356, 49%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356, 65.7%, 71%)

CMYK0%, 65.7%, 61.3%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,877,958

CSS custom property--colour: #B53E46;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13711WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.61:1

Contrast with white5.61:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#585858

Inverted#4AC1B9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D5845no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B7143no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original

Tritanopia#C62442no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.74:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 10.3 Brown · ΔE 10.7 Firebrick · ΔE 18 Light coral · ΔE 23.2 Sienna · ΔE 23.7 Maroon · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 10.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3EB5AD

Analogous#B53E81, #B5723E

Triadic#46B53E, #3E46B5

Split complementary#3EB572, #3E81B5

Tetradic#81B53E, #3EB5AD, #723EB5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFD0D2

Lighter +30%#E2AAAE

Lighter +20%#D5848A

Lighter +10%#C85E65

Darker −10%#8F3137

Darker −20%#692429

Darker −30%#43171A

Darker −40%#1D0A0B

More saturated +25%#D3202C

Less saturated −25%#975C60

Channel breakdown

R181

G62

B70

Red181 (71%)

Green62 (24.3%)

Blue70 (27.5%)

Hue355.97°

Saturation (HSL)48.97%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B5 · G 3E · B 46

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