Recognised as Colour

#951B2C

#951B2C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#951B2C is a red with RGB values 149, 27, 44 and HSL 352°, 69%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#951B2C

RGBrgb(149, 27, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.1059, 0.1725

RGB percentages58.4%, 10.6%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(351.6, 69.3%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.6, 81.9%, 58.4%)

CMYK0%, 81.9%, 70.5%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,771,820

CSS custom property--colour: #951B2C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07355WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness85.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.5:1

Contrast with white8.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#6AE4D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#413C2Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F5628no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.2 from the original

Tritanopia#A40023no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 9.3 Maroon · ΔE 17 Firebrick · ΔE 17.5 Dark red · ΔE 19.2 Indian red · ΔE 21.4 Sienna · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 9.26, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B9584

Analogous#951B69, #95471B

Triadic#2C951B, #1B2C95

Split complementary#1B9547, #1B6995

Tetradic#69951B, #1B9584, #471B95

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EB919E

Lighter +30%#E36677

Lighter +20%#DB3B51

Lighter +10%#C02339

Darker −10%#6A131F

Darker −20%#3F0B13

Darker −30%#130406

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AB051C

Less saturated −25%#7F313C

Channel breakdown

R149

G27

B44

Red149 (58.4%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue351.64°

Saturation (HSL)69.32%

Lightness34.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 95 · G 1B · B 2C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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