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Colour

#B9575A

  • #B9575A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#B9575A is a red with RGB values 185, 87, 90 and HSL 358°, 41%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#B9575A#B9575A
HEX#B9575A
RGBrgb(185, 87, 90)
RGB (0–1)0.7255, 0.3412, 0.3529
RGB percentages72.5%, 34.1%, 35.3%
HSLhsl(358.2, 41.2%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(358.2, 53%, 72.5%)
CMYK0%, 53%, 51.4%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,146,522
CSS custom property--colour: #B9575A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17869WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.59:1
Contrast with white4.59:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#46A8A5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6D695Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#867D58no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original
Tritanopia#C94959no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 8Light coral · ΔE 17.2Brown · ΔE 20.3Pale violetred · ΔE 21.1Sienna · ΔE 21.8Salmon · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 8.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#57B9B6
Analogous#B9578B, #B98557
Triadic#5AB957, #575AB9
Split complementary#57B985, #578BB9
Tetradic#8BB957, #57B9B6, #8557B9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5E7E7
Lighter +30%#E6C3C4
Lighter +20%#D79FA1
Lighter +10%#C87B7D
Darker −10%#9C4144
Darker −20%#783234
Darker −30%#542325
Darker −40%#301415
More saturated +25%#D7393E
Less saturated −25%#9B7576

Channel breakdown

R185
G87
B90
Red185 (72.5%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue90 (35.3%)
Hue358.16°
Saturation (HSL)41.18%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR B9 · G 57 · B 5A

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