Recognised as Colour

#BB4D40

#BB4D40
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#BB4D40 is a red with RGB values 187, 77, 64 and HSL 6°, 49%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#BB4D40#BB4D40

HEX#BB4D40

RGBrgb(187, 77, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.302, 0.251

RGB percentages73.3%, 30.2%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(6.3, 49%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.3, 65.8%, 73.3%)

CMYK0%, 58.8%, 65.8%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer12,275,008

CSS custom property--colour: #BB4D40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.16243WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness120 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.94:1

Contrast with white4.94:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#636363

Inverted#44B2BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#6A613Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#85793Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.6 from the original

Tritanopia#CD374Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text4.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.25:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 10.1 Brown · ΔE 11.6 Sienna · ΔE 15.6 Firebrick · ΔE 16.6 Salmon · ΔE 20.1 Light coral · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 10.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#40AEBB

Analogous#BB4071, #BB8B40

Triadic#40BB4D, #4D40BB

Split complementary#40BB8B, #4070BB

Tetradic#70BB40, #40AEBB, #8A40BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1D9D6

Lighter +30%#E4B6B0

Lighter +20%#D7928A

Lighter +10%#CA6F64

Darker −10%#953D33

Darker −20%#6F2E26

Darker −30%#491E19

Darker −40%#230E0C

More saturated +25%#DA3421

Less saturated −25%#9C665F

Channel breakdown

R187

G77

B64

Red187 (73.3%)

Green77 (30.2%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue6.34°

Saturation (HSL)49%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR BB · G 4D · B 40

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