Recognised as Colour

#BB3D3C

#BB3D3C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#BB3D3C is a red with RGB values 187, 61, 60 and HSL 0°, 51%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#BB3D3C#BB3D3C

HEX#BB3D3C

RGBrgb(187, 61, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.2392, 0.2353

RGB percentages73.3%, 23.9%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(0.5, 51.4%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0.5, 67.9%, 73.3%)

CMYK0%, 67.4%, 67.9%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,270,908

CSS custom property--colour: #BB3D3C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14229WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.46:1

Contrast with white5.46:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#585858

Inverted#44C2C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5F583Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 54.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#7F7338no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.3 from the original

Tritanopia#CD1B3Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.85:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 7.2 Firebrick · ΔE 11.5 Indian red · ΔE 12.6 Dark red · ΔE 20.5 Crimson · ΔE 21.1 Maroon · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 7.22, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3CBABB

Analogous#BB3C7A, #BB7C3C

Triadic#3CBB3D, #3D3CBB

Split complementary#3CBB7C, #3C7ABB

Tetradic#7ABB3C, #3CBABB, #7C3CBB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1D3D2

Lighter +30%#E4ACAC

Lighter +20%#D88685

Lighter +10%#CC5F5E

Darker −10%#943030

Darker −20%#6E2423

Darker −30%#471717

Darker −40%#210B0A

More saturated +25%#DA1F1D

Less saturated −25%#9C5B5B

Channel breakdown

R187

G61

B60

Red187 (73.3%)

Green61 (23.9%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue0.47°

Saturation (HSL)51.42%

Lightness48.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BB · G 3D · B 3C

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