Colour

#B70044

#B70044
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#B70044 is a red with RGB values 183, 0, 68 and HSL 338°, 100%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#B70044#B70044

HEX#B70044

RGBrgb(183, 0, 68)

RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0, 0.2667

RGB percentages71.8%, 0%, 26.7%

HSLhsl(337.7, 100%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(337.7, 100%, 71.8%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 62.8%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,993,156

CSS custom property--colour: #B70044;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.78:1

Contrast with white6.78:1WCAG normal text: AA

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

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#48FFBB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#454545no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 67.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#70673Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 67.7 from the original

Tritanopia#C90026no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 20.1 Brown · ΔE 20.4 Firebrick · ΔE 22.8 Indian red · ΔE 25.1 Maroon · ΔE 30.1 Dark red · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 20.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00B773

Analogous#B7009F, #B71800

Triadic#44B700, #0044B7

Split complementary#00B718, #009FB7

Tetradic#9FB700, #00B773, #1800B7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF84B2

Lighter +30%#FF5192

Lighter +20%#FF1E72

Lighter +10%#EA0057

Darker −10%#840031

Darker −20%#51001E

Darker −30%#1E000B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B70044

Less saturated −25%#A0174A

Channel breakdown

R183

B68

Red183 (71.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue68 (26.7%)

Hue337.7°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness35.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B7 · G 00 · B 44

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