#bb0829

Color #bb0829

A vivid, highly saturated dark red.

Closest named color Firebrick #b22222 · ΔE 8.06 Nearest Tailwind class rose-700 #c70036 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#bb0829

RGB

rgb(187, 8, 41)

HSL

hsl(348.9, 91.8%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(348.9, 95.7%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 95.7%, 78.1%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(39.42, 63.33, 34.49)

LCH

lch(39.42, 72.11, 28.57)

OKLCH

oklch(50.2%, 0.1992, 22.3)

HWB

hwb(348.9, 3.1%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#08bb9a

Analogous

#bb0882

#bb0829

#bb4008

Triadic

#bb0829

#29bb08

#0829bb

Split-complementary

#bb0829

#08bb40

#0882bb

Tetradic

#bb0829

#bb9a08

#08bb9a

#0829bb

Square

#bb0829

#82bb08

#08bb9a

#4008bb

Shades

Color #bb0829 mixed toward black.

#9c0722

#7d051b

#5d0415

#3e030e

#1f0107

Tints

Color #bb0829 mixed toward white.

#ed0a34

#f63559

#f96883

#fb9aac

#fdcdd6

Tones

Color #bb0829 mixed toward gray.

#ac1732

#9d263c

#8e3545

#7f444f

#705358

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.18:1

White text reads better on this background (6.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#919024 · ΔE 52.4

Deuteranopia

#979f22 · ΔE 57.8

Tritanopia

#b71f1e · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 27.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bb0829;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bb0829]

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Hot Pink #ff69b4

Frequently asked questions

#bb0829 (#bb0829) is rgb(187, 8, 41) in RGB.

No, #bb0829 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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