Recognised as Colour

#B82C1A

#B82C1A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#B82C1A is a red with RGB values 184, 44, 26 and HSL 7°, 75%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#B82C1A#B82C1A

HEX#B82C1A

RGBrgb(184, 44, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.1725, 0.102

RGB percentages72.2%, 17.3%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(6.8, 75.2%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.8, 85.9%, 72.2%)

CMYK0%, 76.1%, 85.9%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,069,914

CSS custom property--colour: #B82C1A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12066WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.15:1

Contrast with white6.15:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#47D3E5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#584E16no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7A6D11no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.6 from the original

Tritanopia#CB002Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.41:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 7.1 Dark red · ΔE 14 Brown · ΔE 15.1 Maroon · ΔE 18.2 Crimson · ΔE 20.4 Tomato · ΔE 21.3

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 7.15, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1AA6B8

Analogous#B81A57, #B87B1A

Triadic#1AB82C, #2C1AB8

Split complementary#1AB87B, #1A57B8

Tetradic#57B81A, #1AA6B8, #7B1AB8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3B3AB

Lighter +30%#ED8B7E

Lighter +20%#E66252

Lighter +10%#E03A25

Darker −10%#8B2114

Darker −20%#5F170D

Darker −30%#320C07

Darker −40%#050101

More saturated +25%#D21800

Less saturated −25%#9E4034

Channel breakdown

R184

G44

B26

Red184 (72.2%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue6.84°

Saturation (HSL)75.24%

Lightness41.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B8 · G 2C · B 1A

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Colour values

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