Recognised as Colour

#B84A36

#B84A36
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#B84A36 is a red with RGB values 184, 74, 54 and HSL 9°, 55%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#B84A36#B84A36

HEX#B84A36

RGBrgb(184, 74, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.2902, 0.2118

RGB percentages72.2%, 29%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(9.2, 54.6%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.2, 70.7%, 72.2%)

CMYK0%, 59.8%, 70.7%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,077,622

CSS custom property--colour: #B84A36;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15354WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness116.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.16:1

Contrast with white5.16:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#606060

Inverted#47B5C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#685E33no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#837633no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original

Tritanopia#CA3246no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 11.4 Sienna · ΔE 14.2 Indian red · ΔE 14.3 Firebrick · ΔE 14.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 20.1 Dark red · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 11.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#36A4B8

Analogous#B83663, #B88B36

Triadic#36B84A, #4A36B8

Split complementary#36B88B, #3663B8

Tetradic#63B836, #36A4B8, #8B36B8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0D0CA

Lighter +30%#E4ADA3

Lighter +20%#D88A7C

Lighter +10%#CD6754

Darker −10%#913A2A

Darker −20%#692A1F

Darker −30%#421A13

Darker −40%#1A0B08

More saturated +25%#D63518

Less saturated −25%#9A5F54

Channel breakdown

R184

G74

B54

Red184 (72.2%)

Green74 (29%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue9.23°

Saturation (HSL)54.62%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B8 · G 4A · B 36

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