Colour

#922C27

#922C27
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#922C27 is a red with RGB values 146, 44, 39 and HSL 3°, 58%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#922C27

RGBrgb(146, 44, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.5725, 0.1725, 0.1529

RGB percentages57.3%, 17.3%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(2.8, 57.8%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.8, 73.3%, 57.3%)

CMYK0%, 69.9%, 73.3%, 42.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,579,559

CSS custom property--colour: #922C27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08059WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness87.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.04:1

Contrast with white8.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#414141

Inverted#6DD3D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#494226no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#625824no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Tritanopia#A10D2Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 8.6 Maroon · ΔE 14.7 Dark red · ΔE 17.3 Firebrick · ΔE 17.6 Sienna · ΔE 18.2 Indian red · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 8.59, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#278D92

Analogous#922757, #926127

Triadic#27922C, #2C2792

Split complementary#279262, #275792

Tetradic#589227, #278D92, #622792

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E5A3A0

Lighter +30%#DB7C77

Lighter +20%#D0554F

Lighter +10%#BA3832

Darker −10%#6A201C

Darker −20%#421411

Darker −30%#190807

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A91710

Less saturated −25%#7B413E

Channel breakdown

R146

G44

B39

Red146 (57.3%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue2.8°

Saturation (HSL)57.84%

Lightness36.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 92 · G 2C · B 27

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