Recognised as Colour

#95042A

#95042A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#95042A is a red with RGB values 149, 4, 42 and HSL 344°, 95%, 30%. 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

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HEX#95042A

RGBrgb(149, 4, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.0157, 0.1647

RGB percentages58.4%, 1.6%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(344.3, 94.8%, 30%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.3, 97.3%, 58.4%)

CMYK0%, 97.3%, 71.8%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,765,930

CSS custom property--colour: #95042A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06644WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness82.8 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#262626

Inverted#6AFBD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3A372Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#5C5325no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A40018no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.9 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 11.6 Firebrick · ΔE 17.7 Maroon · ΔE 18 Dark red · ΔE 19.8 Indian red · ΔE 24.3 Crimson · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 11.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#04956F

Analogous#950472, #952704

Triadic#2A9504, #042A95

Split complementary#049527, #047295

Tetradic#729504, #04956F, #270495

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FB6A90

Lighter +30%#FA386B

Lighter +20%#F80746

Lighter +10%#C70538

Darker −10%#63031C

Darker −20%#32010E

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#990028

Less saturated −25%#821733

Channel breakdown

R149

B42

Red149 (58.4%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue344.28°

Saturation (HSL)94.77%

Lightness30%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 95 · G 04 · B 2A

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