Recognised as Colour

#950B09

#950B09
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark red

#950B09 is a red with RGB values 149, 11, 9 and HSL 1°, 89%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark red.

Colour values

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HEX#950B09

RGBrgb(149, 11, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.0431, 0.0353

RGB percentages58.4%, 4.3%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(0.9, 88.6%, 31%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0.9, 94%, 58.4%)

CMYK0%, 92.6%, 94%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,767,689

CSS custom property--colour: #950B09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06649WCAG 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 9.01:1

Contrast with white9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#6AF4F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3E3605no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#5E5300no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.3 from the original

Tritanopia#A5000Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Dark red · ΔE 3.2 Maroon · ΔE 7.4 Firebrick · ΔE 9.5 Brown · ΔE 12.4 Crimson · ΔE 25.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark red (#8B0000)ΔE 3.15, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#099395

Analogous#95094D, #955109

Triadic#09950B, #0B0995

Split complementary#099551, #094D95

Tetradic#4D9509, #099395, #510995

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F77573

Lighter +30%#F44643

Lighter +20%#F11613

Lighter +10%#C50F0C

Darker −10%#650706

Darker −20%#350403

Darker −30%#050000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9E0200

Less saturated −25%#811E1D

Channel breakdown

R149

G11

Red149 (58.4%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue0.86°

Saturation (HSL)88.61%

Lightness30.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 95 · G 0B · B 09

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