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Recognised as Colour

#BB735D

  • #BB735D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark salmon

#BB735D is a red with RGB values 187, 115, 93 and HSL 14°, 41%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark salmon.

Colour values

#BB735D#BB735D
HEX#BB735D
RGBrgb(187, 115, 93)
RGB (0–1)0.7333, 0.451, 0.3647
RGB percentages73.3%, 45.1%, 36.5%
HSLhsl(14, 40.9%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(14, 50.3%, 73.3%)
CMYK0%, 38.5%, 50.3%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,284,765
CSS custom property--colour: #BB735D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23617WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.72:1
Contrast with white3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#448CA2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#857C5Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#968B5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Tritanopia#CA676Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark salmon · ΔE 14.8Sienna · ΔE 16.9Indian red · ΔE 19.1Light coral · ΔE 20.3Rosy brown · ΔE 21.2Light salmon · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark salmon (#E9967A)ΔE 14.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5DA5BB
Analogous#BB5D76, #BBA25D
Triadic#5DBB73, #735DBB
Split complementary#5DBBA2, #5D76BB
Tetradic#76BB5D, #5DA5BB, #A25DBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F7EFED
Lighter +30%#E8D0C9
Lighter +20%#D9B1A5
Lighter +10%#CA9281
Darker −10%#A15A44
Darker −20%#7D4635
Darker −30%#593226
Darker −40%#361E16
More saturated +25%#D86440
Less saturated −25%#9E827A

Channel breakdown

R187
G115
B93
Red187 (73.3%)
Green115 (45.1%)
Blue93 (36.5%)
Hue14.04°
Saturation (HSL)40.87%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BB · G 73 · B 5D

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