Colour

#940C1C

#940C1C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#940C1C is a red with RGB values 148, 12, 28 and HSL 353°, 85%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#940C1C#940C1C

HEX#940C1C

RGBrgb(148, 12, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.5804, 0.0471, 0.1098

RGB percentages58%, 4.7%, 11%

HSLhsl(352.9, 85%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.9, 91.9%, 58%)

CMYK0%, 91.9%, 81.1%, 42%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,702,428

CSS custom property--colour: #940C1C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06643WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.02:1

Contrast with white9.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#6BF3E3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3D371Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#5D5316no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A40015no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 7 Maroon · ΔE 9.9 Dark red · ΔE 10.9 Firebrick · ΔE 11.3 Crimson · ΔE 24.9 Indian red · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 6.99, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C9484

Analogous#940C60, #94400C

Triadic#1C940C, #0C1C94

Split complementary#0C9440, #0C6094

Tetradic#60940C, #0C9484, #400C94

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F47887

Lighter +30%#F0495C

Lighter +20%#EC1A32

Lighter +10%#C31025

Darker −10%#650813

Darker −20%#36040A

Darker −30%#060101

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A00013

Less saturated −25%#80202B

Channel breakdown

R148

G12

B28

Red148 (58%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue352.94°

Saturation (HSL)85%

Lightness31.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 94 · G 0C · B 1C

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Colour values

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