#B61509

A dark, vivid red closely aligning with Firebrick.

About #B61509

Visually, #B61509 is defined as a vivid red. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Firebrick. Its digital footprint relies on 182 parts red, 21 parts green, and 9 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 88% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 4.2 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. To prevent eye strain, #FFFFFF text pairs best with this hex code. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#B61509
RGB182, 21, 9
HSL4.2°, 90.6%, 37.5%
CMYK0%, 88%, 95%, 29%
HSV4.2°, 95.1%, 71.4%
LAB38.7, 59.6, 49.2
XYZ19.6, 10.5, 1.3
Decimal11932937

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

6.77:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
3.10:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
6.47:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
2.64:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #B61509; }
.text-color { color: #B61509; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #B61509; }

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