Recognised as Colour

#911C1A

#911C1A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#911C1A is a red with RGB values 145, 28, 26 and HSL 1°, 70%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#911C1A#911C1A

HEX#911C1A

RGBrgb(145, 28, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.5686, 0.1098, 0.102

RGB percentages56.9%, 11%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(1, 69.6%, 33.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1, 82.1%, 56.9%)

CMYK0%, 80.7%, 82.1%, 43.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,509,914

CSS custom property--colour: #911C1A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06925WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.81:1

Contrast with white8.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#6EE3E5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#413A18no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#5E5414no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A0001Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 6.6 Maroon · ΔE 8.3 Dark red · ΔE 10.2 Firebrick · ΔE 12.4 Sienna · ΔE 22 Saddle brown · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 6.59, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1A8F91

Analogous#911A53, #91581A

Triadic#1A911C, #1C1A91

Split complementary#1A9158, #1A5391

Tetradic#53911A, #1A8F91, #581A91

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EA8E8D

Lighter +30%#E36361

Lighter +20%#DB3936

Lighter +10%#BC2422

Darker −10%#661412

Darker −20%#3B0B0A

Darker −30%#0F0303

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A60705

Less saturated −25%#7C312F

Channel breakdown

R145

G28

B26

Red145 (56.9%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue1.01°

Saturation (HSL)69.59%

Lightness33.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 91 · G 1C · B 1A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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