Recognised as Colour

#BA002B

#BA002B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#BA002B is a red with RGB values 186, 0, 43 and HSL 346°, 100%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#BA002B#BA002B

HEX#BA002B

RGBrgb(186, 0, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.7294, 0, 0.1686

RGB percentages72.9%, 0%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(346.1, 100%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.1, 100%, 72.9%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 76.9%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,189,739

CSS custom property--colour: #BA002B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness102.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.72:1

Contrast with white6.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#45FFD4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B442Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 68.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#746824no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.4 from the original

Tritanopia#CD0019no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.12:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 9.5 Crimson · ΔE 10.7 Brown · ΔE 14.5 Dark red · ΔE 19 Maroon · ΔE 21.5 Indian red · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 9.49, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00BA8F

Analogous#BA0088, #BA3200

Triadic#2BBA00, #002BBA

Split complementary#00BA32, #0088BA

Tetradic#88BA00, #00BA8F, #3200BA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF87A3

Lighter +30%#FF547C

Lighter +20%#FF2154

Lighter +10%#ED0037

Darker −10%#87001F

Darker −20%#540013

Darker −30%#210008

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BA002B

Less saturated −25%#A31738

Channel breakdown

R186

B43

Red186 (72.9%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue346.13°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness36.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BA · G 00 · B 2B

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