Recognised as Colour

#B93A22

#B93A22
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#B93A22 is a red with RGB values 185, 58, 34 and HSL 10°, 69%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#B93A22#B93A22

HEX#B93A22

RGBrgb(185, 58, 34)

RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.2275, 0.1333

RGB percentages72.5%, 22.7%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(9.5, 68.9%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.5, 81.6%, 72.5%)

CMYK0%, 68.6%, 81.6%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,139,042

CSS custom property--colour: #B93A22;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13456WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness111.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.69:1

Contrast with white5.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#46C5DD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F551Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F711Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.5 from the original

Tritanopia#CC0C36no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 8.8 Brown · ΔE 13.2 Dark red · ΔE 15.4 Maroon · ΔE 18.5 Tomato · ΔE 20.8 Sienna · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 8.79, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#22A1B9

Analogous#B92256, #B98622

Triadic#22B93A, #3A22B9

Split complementary#22B985, #2256B9

Tetradic#55B922, #22A1B9, #8522B9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1BFB6

Lighter +30%#EA9A8A

Lighter +20%#E2745F

Lighter +10%#DA4F34

Darker −10%#8E2C1A

Darker −20%#631F12

Darker −30%#38110A

Darker −40%#0D0402

More saturated +25%#D42707

Less saturated −25%#9E4D3D

Channel breakdown

R185

G58

B34

Red185 (72.5%)

Green58 (22.7%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue9.54°

Saturation (HSL)68.95%

Lightness42.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B9 · G 3A · B 22

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