Recognised as Colour

#BB112E

#BB112E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#BB112E is a red with RGB values 187, 17, 46 and HSL 350°, 83%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#BB112E#BB112E

HEX#BB112E

RGBrgb(187, 17, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.0667, 0.1804

RGB percentages73.3%, 6.7%, 18%

HSLhsl(349.8, 83.3%, 40%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349.8, 90.9%, 73.3%)

CMYK0%, 90.9%, 75.4%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,259,630

CSS custom property--colour: #BB112E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11163WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness104.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.5:1

Contrast with white6.5:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#44EED1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4E482Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 66.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#766A28no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.7 from the original

Tritanopia#CE0020no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.23:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 8.7 Crimson · ΔE 11.3 Brown · ΔE 13 Dark red · ΔE 18.9 Maroon · ΔE 21.2 Indian red · ΔE 24.3

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 8.65, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#11BB9E

Analogous#BB1183, #BB4911

Triadic#2EBB11, #112EBB

Split complementary#11BB49, #1183BB

Tetradic#83BB11, #11BB9E, #4911BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7A2B0

Lighter +30%#F27389

Lighter +20%#EE4461

Lighter +10%#EA153A

Darker −10%#8C0D23

Darker −20%#5E0817

Darker −30%#2F040C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#CC0023

Less saturated −25%#A22A3F

Channel breakdown

R187

G17

B46

Red187 (73.3%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue349.76°

Saturation (HSL)83.33%

Lightness40%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BB · G 11 · B 2E

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