Recognised as Colour

#951B2E

#951B2E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#951B2E is a red with RGB values 149, 27, 46 and HSL 351°, 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#951B2E

RGBrgb(149, 27, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.1059, 0.1804

RGB percentages58.4%, 10.6%, 18%

HSLhsl(350.7, 69.3%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.7, 81.9%, 58.4%)

CMYK0%, 81.9%, 69.1%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,771,822

CSS custom property--colour: #951B2E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07371WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness85.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.49:1

Contrast with white8.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#6AE4D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#403C2Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F562Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A40024no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 10.3 Maroon · ΔE 18.1 Firebrick · ΔE 18.5 Dark red · ΔE 20.4 Indian red · ΔE 21.4 Sienna · ΔE 27.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 10.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B9582

Analogous#951B6B, #95451B

Triadic#2E951B, #1B2E95

Split complementary#1B9545, #1B6B95

Tetradic#6B951B, #1B9582, #451B95

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EB919F

Lighter +30%#E36679

Lighter +20%#DB3B54

Lighter +10%#C0233B

Darker −10%#6A1321

Darker −20%#3F0B13

Darker −30%#130406

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AB051F

Less saturated −25%#7F313D

Channel breakdown

R149

G27

B46

Red149 (58.4%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue350.66°

Saturation (HSL)69.32%

Lightness34.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 95 · G 1B · B 2E

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Colour harmonies

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