Colour

#B95459

#B95459
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#B95459 is a red with RGB values 185, 84, 89 and HSL 357°, 42%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#B95459

RGBrgb(185, 84, 89)

RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.3294, 0.349

RGB percentages72.5%, 32.9%, 34.9%

HSLhsl(357, 41.9%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357, 54.6%, 72.5%)

CMYK0%, 54.6%, 51.9%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,145,753

CSS custom property--colour: #B95459;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17376WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.69:1

Contrast with white4.69:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6A6A6A

Inverted#46ABA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6B6759no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#847C57no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original

Tritanopia#C94556no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.48:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 7.7 Light coral · ΔE 17.7 Brown · ΔE 19.4 Pale violetred · ΔE 20.9 Salmon · ΔE 22.4 Sienna · ΔE 22.6

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 7.72, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#54B9B4

Analogous#B9548C, #B98254

Triadic#59B954, #5459B9

Split complementary#54B982, #548CB9

Tetradic#8CB954, #54B9B4, #8154B9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4E5E6

Lighter +30%#E5C1C2

Lighter +20%#D79C9F

Lighter +10%#C8787C

Darker −10%#9B3F44

Darker −20%#763134

Darker −30%#522224

Darker −40%#2E1314

More saturated +25%#D7363E

Less saturated −25%#9B7274

Channel breakdown

R185

G84

B89

Red185 (72.5%)

Green84 (32.9%)

Blue89 (34.9%)

Hue357.03°

Saturation (HSL)41.91%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR B9 · G 54 · B 59

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