Recognised as Colour

#BB014A

#BB014A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Crimson

#BB014A is a red with RGB values 187, 1, 74 and HSL 336°, 99%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Crimson.

Colour values

#BB014A#BB014A

HEX#BB014A

RGBrgb(187, 1, 74)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.0039, 0.2902

RGB percentages73.3%, 0.4%, 29%

HSLhsl(336.5, 98.9%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(336.5, 99.5%, 73.3%)

CMYK0%, 99.5%, 60.4%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,255,562

CSS custom property--colour: #BB014A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11081WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness105.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.53:1

Contrast with white6.53:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#44FEB5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#46484Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 68.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#726946no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 68.2 from the original

Tritanopia#CD002Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Crimson · ΔE 21.4 Brown · ΔE 22.9 Firebrick · ΔE 25.4 Indian red · ΔE 26.1 Medium violet red · ΔE 30.3 Deep pink · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourCrimson (#DC143C)ΔE 21.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#01BB72

Analogous#BB01A7, #BB1501

Triadic#4ABB01, #014ABB

Split complementary#01BB15, #01A7BB

Tetradic#A7BB01, #01BB72, #1501BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FE8AB7

Lighter +30%#FE5799

Lighter +20%#FE247A

Lighter +10%#EE015E

Darker −10%#880136

Darker −20%#560022

Darker −30%#23000E

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#BC004A

Less saturated −25%#A3184F

Channel breakdown

R187

B74

Red187 (73.3%)

Green1 (0.4%)

Blue74 (29%)

Hue336.45°

Saturation (HSL)98.94%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BB · G 01 · B 4A

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