Recognised as Colour

#921C2A

#921C2A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#921C2A is a red with RGB values 146, 28, 42 and HSL 353°, 68%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#921C2A#921C2A

HEX#921C2A

RGBrgb(146, 28, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.5725, 0.1098, 0.1647

RGB percentages57.3%, 11%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(352.9, 67.8%, 34.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.9, 80.8%, 57.3%)

CMYK0%, 80.8%, 71.2%, 42.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,575,466

CSS custom property--colour: #921C2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07109WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.67:1

Contrast with white8.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#6DE3D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#403B2Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#5D5426no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A10023no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 9.3 Maroon · ΔE 16.3 Firebrick · ΔE 17.8 Dark red · ΔE 18.7 Indian red · ΔE 21.7 Sienna · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 9.27, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C9284

Analogous#921C65, #92491C

Triadic#2A921C, #1C2A92

Split complementary#1C9249, #1C6592

Tetradic#65921C, #1C9284, #491C92

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EA909B

Lighter +30%#E26574

Lighter +20%#D93B4D

Lighter +10%#BD2436

Darker −10%#67141E

Darker −20%#3C0C11

Darker −30%#120305

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A80619

Less saturated −25%#7C323B

Channel breakdown

R146

G28

B42

Red146 (57.3%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue352.88°

Saturation (HSL)67.82%

Lightness34.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 92 · G 1C · B 2A

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Colour harmonies

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