Recognised as Colour

#B74D43

#B74D43
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#B74D43 is a red with RGB values 183, 77, 67 and HSL 5°, 46%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#B74D43

RGBrgb(183, 77, 67)

RGB (0–1)0.7176, 0.302, 0.2627

RGB percentages71.8%, 30.2%, 26.3%

HSLhsl(5.2, 46.4%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.2, 63.4%, 71.8%)

CMYK0%, 57.9%, 63.4%, 28.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,012,867

CSS custom property--colour: #B74D43;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1578WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness118.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.05:1

Contrast with white5.05:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#636363

Inverted#48B2BC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#686041no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#827740no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original

Tritanopia#C8394Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 8.9 Brown · ΔE 12.2 Sienna · ΔE 15.6 Firebrick · ΔE 18.6 Salmon · ΔE 20.9 Light coral · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 8.95, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#43ADB7

Analogous#B74373, #B78743

Triadic#43B74D, #4D43B7

Split complementary#43B787, #4373B7

Tetradic#73B743, #43ADB7, #8743B7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0D8D6

Lighter +30%#E2B5B1

Lighter +20%#D5928B

Lighter +10%#C76E66

Darker −10%#923D35

Darker −20%#6C2E28

Darker −30%#471E1A

Darker −40%#220E0C

More saturated +25%#D63324

Less saturated −25%#986762

Channel breakdown

R183

G77

B67

Red183 (71.8%)

Green77 (30.2%)

Blue67 (26.3%)

Hue5.17°

Saturation (HSL)46.4%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B7 · G 4D · B 43

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