Recognised as Colour

#B8442A

#B8442A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#B8442A is a red with RGB values 184, 68, 42 and HSL 11°, 63%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#B8442A

RGBrgb(184, 68, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.2667, 0.1647

RGB percentages72.2%, 26.7%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(11, 62.8%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11, 77.2%, 72.2%)

CMYK0%, 63%, 77.2%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,076,074

CSS custom property--colour: #B8442A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14492WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.39:1

Contrast with white5.39:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#47BBD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#655A26no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#817426no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original

Tritanopia#CA263Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.9:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 12.1 Brown · ΔE 12.4 Sienna · ΔE 16.7 Dark red · ΔE 17.8 Indian red · ΔE 19.4 Maroon · ΔE 19.6

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 12.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A9EB8

Analogous#B82A57, #B88B2A

Triadic#2AB844, #442AB8

Split complementary#2AB88B, #2A57B8

Tetradic#57B82A, #2A9EB8, #8B2AB8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0C7BE

Lighter +30%#E7A394

Lighter +20%#DD806B

Lighter +10%#D45C41

Darker −10%#8E3521

Darker −20%#652517

Darker −30%#3B160E

Darker −40%#120704

More saturated +25%#D4320E

Less saturated −25%#9C5646

Channel breakdown

R184

G68

B42

Red184 (72.2%)

Green68 (26.7%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue10.99°

Saturation (HSL)62.83%

Lightness44.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B8 · G 44 · B 2A

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