#B6000F

A dark, vivid red closely aligning with Firebrick.

About #B6000F

Visually, #B6000F is defined as a vivid red. Designers often compare it to the standard color Firebrick. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 182, 0, and 15.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. The color uses 0% Cyan, 100% Magenta, 92% Yellow, and 29% Black. With a hue angle of 355.1 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a dark color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#B6000F
RGB182, 0, 15
HSL355.1°, 100.0%, 35.7%
CMYK0%, 100%, 92%, 29%
HSV355.1°, 100.0%, 71.4%
LAB37.8, 62.4, 46.4
XYZ19.4, 10.0, 1.4
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Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

7.01:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
3.00:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
6.70:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
2.55:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #B6000F; }
.text-color { color: #B6000F; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #B6000F; }

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