Recognised as Colour

#BB2E25

#BB2E25
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#BB2E25 is a red with RGB values 187, 46, 37 and HSL 4°, 67%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#BB2E25

RGBrgb(187, 46, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.1804, 0.1451

RGB percentages73.3%, 18%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(3.6, 67%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3.6, 80.2%, 73.3%)

CMYK0%, 75.4%, 80.2%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,267,045

CSS custom property--colour: #BB2E25;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12652WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness108.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.95:1

Contrast with white5.95:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B

Inverted#44D1DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#595022no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#7C6F1Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.9 from the original

Tritanopia#CE002Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.53:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 3.8 Brown · ΔE 11.6 Dark red · ΔE 14.8 Crimson · ΔE 17.7 Maroon · ΔE 18.2 Tomato · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 3.84, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#25B2BB

Analogous#BB2567, #BB7925

Triadic#25BB2E, #2E25BB

Split complementary#25BB79, #2567BB

Tetradic#67BB25, #25B2BB, #7925BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1BEBB

Lighter +30%#E99590

Lighter +20%#E16D65

Lighter +10%#D8443B

Darker −10%#90241D

Darker −20%#661914

Darker −30%#3B0F0C

Darker −40%#110403

More saturated +25%#D71509

Less saturated −25%#9F4741

Channel breakdown

R187

G46

B37

Red187 (73.3%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue3.6°

Saturation (HSL)66.96%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BB · G 2E · B 25

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