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Recognised as Colour

#BB412D

  • #BB412D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Firebrick

#BB412D is a red with RGB values 187, 65, 45 and HSL 8°, 61%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Firebrick.

Colour values

#BB412D#BB412D
HEX#BB412D
RGBrgb(187, 65, 45)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.2549, 0.1765
RGB percentages73.3%, 25.5%, 17.6%
HSLhsl(8.5, 61.2%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(8.5, 75.9%, 73.3%)
CMYK0%, 65.2%, 75.9%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,271,917
CSS custom property--colour: #BB412D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14535WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.38:1
Contrast with white5.38:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#595959
Inverted#44BED2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#635A2Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#827429no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.2 from the original
Tritanopia#CE203Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.38:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.91:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Firebrick · ΔE 9.8Brown · ΔE 10.8Dark red · ΔE 17.4Indian red · ΔE 18.4Sienna · ΔE 18.9Maroon · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourFirebrick (#B22222)ΔE 9.85, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2DA7BB
Analogous#BB2D60, #BB882D
Triadic#2DBB41, #412DBB
Split complementary#2DBB88, #2D60BB
Tetradic#60BB2D, #2DA7BB, #882DBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1CAC3
Lighter +30%#E7A59A
Lighter +20%#DD8071
Lighter +10%#D35C48
Darker −10%#923323
Darker −20%#692419
Darker −30%#40160F
Darker −40%#170805
More saturated +25%#D82C10
Less saturated −25%#9E564A

Channel breakdown

R187
G65
B45
Red187 (73.3%)
Green65 (25.5%)
Blue45 (17.6%)
Hue8.45°
Saturation (HSL)61.21%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BB · G 41 · B 2D

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