Recognised as Colour

#BB3D26

#BB3D26
Red
Dark
Nearest: Firebrick

#BB3D26 is a red with RGB values 187, 61, 38 and HSL 9°, 66%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

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HEX#BB3D26

RGBrgb(187, 61, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.2392, 0.149

RGB percentages73.3%, 23.9%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(9.3, 66.2%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.3, 79.7%, 73.3%)

CMYK0%, 67.4%, 79.7%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,270,886

CSS custom property--colour: #BB3D26;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14042WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.51:1

Contrast with white5.51:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#44C2D9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#615722no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#817321no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54 from the original

Tritanopia#CE1539no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.81:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 9 Brown · ΔE 12.7 Dark red · ΔE 16.3 Maroon · ΔE 19.1 Tomato · ΔE 20.4 Sienna · ΔE 20.9

Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 9.02, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#26A4BB

Analogous#BB2659, #BB8826

Triadic#26BB3D, #3D26BB

Split complementary#26BB88, #265ABB

Tetradic#5ABB26, #26A4BB, #8826BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1C4BC

Lighter +30%#E99F91

Lighter +20%#E07A67

Lighter +10%#D7543D

Darker −10%#912F1D

Darker −20%#662115

Darker −30%#3C140C

Darker −40%#110604

More saturated +25%#D72A0A

Less saturated −25%#9F5042

Channel breakdown

R187

G61

B38

Red187 (73.3%)

Green61 (23.9%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue9.26°

Saturation (HSL)66.22%

Lightness44.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BB · G 3D · B 26

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