Recognised as Colour

#BB303A

#BB303A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#BB303A is a red with RGB values 187, 48, 58 and HSL 356°, 59%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#BB303A#BB303A

HEX#BB303A

RGBrgb(187, 48, 58)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.1882, 0.2275

RGB percentages73.3%, 18.8%, 22.7%

HSLhsl(355.7, 59.1%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.7, 74.3%, 73.3%)

CMYK0%, 74.3%, 69%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,267,578

CSS custom property--colour: #BB303A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12984WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.84:1

Contrast with white5.84:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E

Inverted#44CFC5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#585239no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B7036no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.5 from the original

Tritanopia#CE0035no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.6:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 8 Firebrick · ΔE 10.2 Indian red · ΔE 16.1 Crimson · ΔE 17.2 Dark red · ΔE 20.2 Maroon · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 8.01, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#30BBB1

Analogous#BB3080, #BB6B30

Triadic#3ABB30, #303ABB

Split complementary#30BB6B, #3080BB

Tetradic#80BB30, #30BBB1, #6B30BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0C7CA

Lighter +30%#E69EA3

Lighter +20%#DC757D

Lighter +10%#D14D56

Darker −10%#92262D

Darker −20%#6A1B21

Darker −30%#411114

Darker −40%#190608

More saturated +25%#D81321

Less saturated −25%#9E4D53

Channel breakdown

R187

G48

B58

Red187 (73.3%)

Green48 (18.8%)

Blue58 (22.7%)

Hue355.68°

Saturation (HSL)59.15%

Lightness46.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BB · G 30 · B 3A

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