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Colour

#BB5650

  • #BB5650
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#BB5650 is a red with RGB values 187, 86, 80 and HSL 3°, 44%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#BB5650#BB5650
HEX#BB5650
RGBrgb(187, 86, 80)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.3373, 0.3137
RGB percentages73.3%, 33.7%, 31.4%
HSLhsl(3.4, 44%, 52.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(3.4, 57.2%, 73.3%)
CMYK0%, 54%, 57.2%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,277,328
CSS custom property--colour: #BB5650;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.178WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness124.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.61:1
Contrast with white4.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B
Inverted#44A9AF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6E684Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#887D4Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Tritanopia#CC4555no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.61:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 6.3Brown · ΔE 16.8Sienna · ΔE 17.4Light coral · ΔE 17.5Salmon · ΔE 19.6Firebrick · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 6.28, clearly different but related
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#50B5BB
Analogous#BB5080, #BB8B50
Triadic#50BB56, #5650BB
Split complementary#50BB8C, #507FBB
Tetradic#7FBB50, #50B5BB, #8C50BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4E4E3
Lighter +30%#E6C0BE
Lighter +20%#D89D99
Lighter +10%#C97975
Darker −10%#9C423C
Darker −20%#77322E
Darker −30%#522320
Darker −40%#2D1312
More saturated +25%#D93B32
Less saturated −25%#9D716E

Channel breakdown

R187
G86
B80
Red187 (73.3%)
Green86 (33.7%)
Blue80 (31.4%)
Hue3.36°
Saturation (HSL)44.03%
Lightness52.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BB · G 56 · B 50

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