Colour

#B60401

#B60401
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#B60401 is a red with RGB values 182, 4, 1 and HSL 1°, 99%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#B60401

RGBrgb(182, 4, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.7137, 0.0157, 0.0039

RGB percentages71.4%, 1.6%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(1, 98.9%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1, 99.5%, 71.4%)

CMYK0%, 97.8%, 99.5%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,928,577

CSS custom property--colour: #B60401;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10034WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness99.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.98:1

Contrast with white6.98:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#49FBFE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C4200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#736600no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.6 from the original

Tritanopia#C9000Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.01:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 15.4 Dark red · ΔE 17.9 Crimson · ΔE 22.3 Maroon · ΔE 23 Brown · ΔE 24.4 Tomato · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 15.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#01B3B6

Analogous#B60158, #B65F01

Triadic#01B604, #0401B6

Split complementary#01B65E, #0159B6

Tetradic#59B601, #01B3B6, #5E01B6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FE8785

Lighter +30%#FE5552

Lighter +20%#FE231F

Lighter +10%#E90501

Darker −10%#830301

Darker −20%#510200

Darker −30%#1E0100

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B70300

Less saturated −25%#9F1A18

Channel breakdown

R182

Red182 (71.4%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue0.99°

Saturation (HSL)98.91%

Lightness35.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B6 · G 04 · B 01

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