Recognised as Colour

#953F27

#953F27
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#953F27 is a red with RGB values 149, 63, 39 and HSL 13°, 59%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#953F27

RGBrgb(149, 63, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.5843, 0.2471, 0.1529

RGB percentages58.4%, 24.7%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(13.1, 58.5%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(13.1, 73.8%, 58.4%)

CMYK0%, 57.7%, 73.8%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,781,031

CSS custom property--colour: #953F27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10091WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.96:1

Contrast with white6.96:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#505050

Inverted#6AC0D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#564E24no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C6125no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A42C3Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.02:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 8.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 12.1 Brown · ΔE 15.2 Maroon · ΔE 19.3 Indian red · ΔE 21 Dark red · ΔE 21.3

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 8.63, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#277D95

Analogous#952746, #957627

Triadic#27953F, #3F2795

Split complementary#279576, #274695

Tetradic#469527, #277D95, #762795

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7B1A1

Lighter +30%#DC8F79

Lighter +20%#D16D51

Lighter +10%#BD5032

Darker −10%#6D2E1C

Darker −20%#441D12

Darker −30%#1C0C07

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AD3210

Less saturated −25%#7E4C3F

Channel breakdown

R149

G63

B39

Red149 (58.4%)

Green63 (24.7%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue13.09°

Saturation (HSL)58.51%

Lightness36.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 95 · G 3F · B 27

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