Colour

#BB2609

#BB2609
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#BB2609 is a red with RGB values 187, 38, 9 and HSL 10°, 91%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#BB2609#BB2609

HEX#BB2609

RGBrgb(187, 38, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.149, 0.0353

RGB percentages73.3%, 14.9%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(9.8, 90.8%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.8, 95.2%, 73.3%)

CMYK0%, 79.7%, 95.2%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,264,969

CSS custom property--colour: #BB2609;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11971WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.19:1

Contrast with white6.19:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#44D9F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#574C00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 61.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B6D00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 61.9 from the original

Tritanopia#CF0023no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.39:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 13.7 Dark red · ΔE 17.4 Tomato · ΔE 21.6 Brown · ΔE 22.2 Maroon · ΔE 22.3 Crimson · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 13.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#099EBB

Analogous#BB0945, #BB7F09

Triadic#09BB26, #2609BB

Split complementary#09BB7F, #0945BB

Tetradic#45BB09, #099EBB, #7F09BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAA696

Lighter +30%#F87D65

Lighter +20%#F55435

Lighter +10%#EC300B

Darker −10%#8A1C07

Darker −20%#5A1204

Darker −30%#290802

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#C42000

Less saturated −25%#A33721

Channel breakdown

R187

G38

Red187 (73.3%)

Green38 (14.9%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue9.78°

Saturation (HSL)90.82%

Lightness38.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BB · G 26 · B 09

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