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Recognised as Colour

#B8593A

  • #B8593A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#B8593A is a red with RGB values 184, 89, 58 and HSL 15°, 52%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#B8593A#B8593A
HEX#B8593A
RGBrgb(184, 89, 58)
RGB (0–1)0.7216, 0.349, 0.2275
RGB percentages72.2%, 34.9%, 22.7%
HSLhsl(14.8, 52.1%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(14.8, 68.5%, 72.2%)
CMYK0%, 51.6%, 68.5%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,081,466
CSS custom property--colour: #B8593A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17641WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.64:1
Contrast with white4.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.53:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#47A6C5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#726837no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A7D38no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Tritanopia#C94652no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 8.5Saddle brown · ΔE 16Indian red · ΔE 16.6Brown · ΔE 18.5Salmon · ΔE 21.4Firebrick · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 8.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3A99B8
Analogous#B83A5A, #B8983A
Triadic#3AB859, #593AB8
Split complementary#3AB898, #3A5AB8
Tetradic#5AB83A, #3A99B8, #983AB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F0D7CE
Lighter +30%#E3B6A8
Lighter +20%#D79681
Lighter +10%#CB765A
Darker −10%#91462E
Darker −20%#6A3322
Darker −30%#442115
Darker −40%#1D0E09
More saturated +25%#D64A1C
Less saturated −25%#9A6858

Channel breakdown

R184
G89
B58
Red184 (72.2%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue58 (22.7%)
Hue14.76°
Saturation (HSL)52.07%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B8 · G 59 · B 3A

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