Recognised as Colour

#900C24

#900C24
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#900C24 is a red with RGB values 144, 12, 36 and HSL 349°, 85%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#900C24#900C24

HEX#900C24

RGBrgb(144, 12, 36)

RGB (0–1)0.5647, 0.0471, 0.1412

RGB percentages56.5%, 4.7%, 14.1%

HSLhsl(349.1, 84.6%, 30.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349.1, 91.7%, 56.5%)

CMYK0%, 91.7%, 75%, 43.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,440,292

CSS custom property--colour: #900C24;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0632WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness80.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.28:1

Contrast with white9.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#6FF3DB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3A3624no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55 from the original

Deuteranopia#5A511Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55 from the original

Tritanopia#9F0018no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 9.5 Maroon · ΔE 14.5 Firebrick · ΔE 16.4 Dark red · ΔE 16.7 Indian red · ΔE 24.2 Crimson · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 9.5, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#0C9078

Analogous#900C66, #90360C

Triadic#24900C, #0C2490

Split complementary#0C9036, #0C6690

Tetradic#66900C, #0C9078, #360C90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F3758C

Lighter +30%#F04564

Lighter +20%#EC163D

Lighter +10%#BF1030

Darker −10%#610818

Darker −20%#32040C

Darker −30%#030001

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9C001C

Less saturated −25%#7D2030

Channel breakdown

R144

G12

B36

Red144 (56.5%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue36 (14.1%)

Hue349.09°

Saturation (HSL)84.62%

Lightness30.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 90 · G 0C · B 24

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