Colour

#B54836

#B54836
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#B54836 is a red with RGB values 181, 72, 54 and HSL 9°, 54%, 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

#B54836#B54836

HEX#B54836

RGBrgb(181, 72, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.7098, 0.2824, 0.2118

RGB percentages71%, 28.2%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(8.5, 54%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.5, 70.2%, 71%)

CMYK0%, 60.2%, 70.2%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,880,502

CSS custom property--colour: #B54836;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14725WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.32:1

Contrast with white5.32:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#4AB7C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#655C34no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original

Deuteranopia#807433no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C73044no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.94:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 10.5 Indian red · ΔE 13.8 Sienna · ΔE 14.1 Firebrick · ΔE 14.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 20 Dark red · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 10.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#36A3B5

Analogous#B53664, #B58836

Triadic#36B548, #4836B5

Split complementary#36B588, #3663B5

Tetradic#64B536, #36A3B5, #8736B5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFCEC8

Lighter +30%#E3AAA1

Lighter +20%#D7877A

Lighter +10%#CC6452

Darker −10%#8E382A

Darker −20%#66291F

Darker −30%#3F1913

Darker −40%#180907

More saturated +25%#D23319

Less saturated −25%#985D53

Channel breakdown

R181

G72

B54

Red181 (71%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue8.5°

Saturation (HSL)54.04%

Lightness46.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B5 · G 48 · B 36

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