Recognised as Colour

#952F21

#952F21
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#952F21 is a red with RGB values 149, 47, 33 and HSL 7°, 64%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#952F21

RGBrgb(149, 47, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.1843, 0.1294

RGB percentages58.4%, 18.4%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(7.2, 63.7%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(7.2, 77.9%, 58.4%)

CMYK0%, 68.5%, 77.9%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,776,929

CSS custom property--colour: #952F21;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08532WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.76:1

Contrast with white7.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#6AD0DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C441Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#655B1Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original

Tritanopia#A4102Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 8.3 Maroon · ΔE 12.7 Dark red · ΔE 14.6 Firebrick · ΔE 15.5 Sienna · ΔE 15.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 17.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 8.31, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#218795

Analogous#95214D, #956921

Triadic#21952F, #2F2195

Split complementary#219569, #214D95

Tetradic#4D9521, #218795, #692195

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9A399

Lighter +30%#DF7D70

Lighter +20%#D65746

Lighter +10%#BF3C2A

Darker −10%#6B2218

Darker −20%#41150F

Darker −30%#180705

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AC1E0A

Less saturated −25%#7E4038

Channel breakdown

R149

G47

B33

Red149 (58.4%)

Green47 (18.4%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue7.24°

Saturation (HSL)63.74%

Lightness35.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 95 · G 2F · B 21

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