Recognised as Colour

#BB303D

#BB303D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#BB303D is a red with RGB values 187, 48, 61 and HSL 354°, 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

#BB303D#BB303D

HEX#BB303D

RGBrgb(187, 48, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.1882, 0.2392

RGB percentages73.3%, 18.8%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(354.4, 59.1%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.4, 74.3%, 73.3%)

CMYK0%, 74.3%, 67.4%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,267,581

CSS custom property--colour: #BB303D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13016WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.83:1

Contrast with white5.83:1WCAG normal text: AA

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

Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E

Inverted#44CFC2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#58523Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#7B7039no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.4 from the original

Tritanopia#CD0036no 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 text5.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 8.8 Firebrick · ΔE 11.9 Indian red · ΔE 15.6 Crimson · ΔE 17.6 Dark red · ΔE 21.4 Maroon · ΔE 22.1

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 8.84, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#30BBAE

Analogous#BB3083, #BB6830

Triadic#3DBB30, #303DBB

Split complementary#30BB68, #3083BB

Tetradic#83BB30, #30BBAE, #6830BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F0C7CA

Lighter +30%#E69EA5

Lighter +20%#DC757F

Lighter +10%#D14D59

Darker −10%#922630

Darker −20%#6A1B23

Darker −30%#411115

Darker −40%#190608

More saturated +25%#D81325

Less saturated −25%#9E4D55

Channel breakdown

R187

G48

B61

Red187 (73.3%)

Green48 (18.8%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue354.39°

Saturation (HSL)59.15%

Lightness46.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BB · G 30 · B 3D

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