Colour

#B91128

#B91128
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#B91128 is a red with RGB values 185, 17, 40 and HSL 352°, 83%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#B91128

RGBrgb(185, 17, 40)

RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.0667, 0.1569

RGB percentages72.5%, 6.7%, 15.7%

HSLhsl(351.8, 83.2%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.8, 90.8%, 72.5%)

CMYK0%, 90.8%, 78.4%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,128,552

CSS custom property--colour: #B91128;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.62:1

Contrast with white6.62:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#46EED7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E4627no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#756921no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.3 from the original

Tritanopia#CC001Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 6.4 Crimson · ΔE 12.1 Brown · ΔE 12.9 Dark red · ΔE 16.8 Maroon · ΔE 19.7 Indian red · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 6.38, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#11B9A2

Analogous#B9117C, #B94E11

Triadic#28B911, #1128B9

Split complementary#11B94E, #117CB9

Tetradic#7CB911, #11B9A2, #4E11B9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6A0AC

Lighter +30%#F27183

Lighter +20%#EE425A

Lighter +10%#E81532

Darker −10%#8A0D1E

Darker −20%#5C0814

Darker −30%#2D040A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CA001C

Less saturated −25%#A02A3A

Channel breakdown

R185

G17

B40

Red185 (72.5%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue40 (15.7%)

Hue351.79°

Saturation (HSL)83.17%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B9 · G 11 · B 28

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