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Recognised as Colour

#953B31

  • #953B31
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#953B31 is a red with RGB values 149, 59, 49 and HSL 6°, 51%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#953B31#953B31
HEX#953B31
RGBrgb(149, 59, 49)
RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.2314, 0.1922
RGB percentages58.4%, 23.1%, 19.2%
HSLhsl(6, 50.5%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(6, 67.1%, 58.4%)
CMYK0%, 60.4%, 67.1%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,780,017
CSS custom property--colour: #953B31;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09739WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness94.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.12:1
Contrast with white7.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#6AC4CE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#534C30no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#695F2Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A32839no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.12:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 13.5Sienna · ΔE 14.4Indian red · ΔE 18.1Saddle brown · ΔE 18.9Maroon · ΔE 20.4Firebrick · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 13.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#318B95
Analogous#953159, #956D31
Triadic#31953B, #3B3195
Split complementary#31956D, #315995
Tetradic#599531, #318B95, #6D3195

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4B3AE
Lighter +30%#D88F87
Lighter +20%#CB6C61
Lighter +10%#BB4A3E
Darker −10%#6F2C24
Darker −20%#481D18
Darker −30%#220D0B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#AE2718
Less saturated −25%#7C4F4A

Channel breakdown

R149
G59
B49
Red149 (58.4%)
Green59 (23.1%)
Blue49 (19.2%)
Hue6°
Saturation (HSL)50.51%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 95 · G 3B · B 31

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