Recognised as Colour

#BB144D

#BB144D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#BB144D is a red with RGB values 187, 20, 77 and HSL 340°, 81%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#BB144D#BB144D

HEX#BB144D

RGBrgb(187, 20, 77)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.0784, 0.302

RGB percentages73.3%, 7.8%, 30.2%

HSLhsl(339.5, 80.7%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(339.5, 89.3%, 73.3%)

CMYK0%, 89.3%, 58.8%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,260,429

CSS custom property--colour: #BB144D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11601WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.32:1

Contrast with white6.32:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#44EBB2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A4B4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#736B49no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.5 from the original

Tritanopia#CD0030no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.32:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 22.2 Crimson · ΔE 22.4 Indian red · ΔE 24.3 Firebrick · ΔE 25.4 Medium violet red · ΔE 29.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 22.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#14BB82

Analogous#BB14A1, #BB2F14

Triadic#4DBB14, #144DBB

Split complementary#14BB2F, #14A1BB

Tetradic#A0BB14, #14BB82, #2E14BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5A6C1

Lighter +30%#F177A1

Lighter +20%#EC4981

Lighter +10%#E71B61

Darker −10%#8D0F3A

Darker −20%#5F0A27

Darker −30%#310514

Darker −40%#030001

More saturated +25%#CF0047

Less saturated −25%#A12E55

Channel breakdown

R187

G20

B77

Red187 (73.3%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue77 (30.2%)

Hue339.52°

Saturation (HSL)80.68%

Lightness40.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BB · G 14 · B 4D

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