Recognised as Colour

#960C27

#960C27
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#960C27 is a red with RGB values 150, 12, 39 and HSL 348°, 85%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#960C27#960C27

HEX#960C27

RGBrgb(150, 12, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.0471, 0.1529

RGB percentages58.8%, 4.7%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(348.3, 85.2%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348.3, 92%, 58.8%)

CMYK0%, 92%, 74%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,833,511

CSS custom property--colour: #960C27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06893WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.83:1

Contrast with white8.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#69F3D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3D3827no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#5D5422no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.9 from the original

Tritanopia#A6001Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 9 Firebrick · ΔE 15.2 Maroon · ΔE 15.5 Dark red · ΔE 17.1 Indian red · ΔE 23.5 Crimson · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 9.01, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C967B

Analogous#960C6C, #96360C

Triadic#27960C, #0C2796

Split complementary#0C9636, #0C6C96

Tetradic#6C960C, #0C967B, #360C96

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F47A92

Lighter +30%#F14A6B

Lighter +20%#ED1B44

Lighter +10%#C51033

Darker −10%#67081B

Darker −20%#38040E

Darker −30%#080102

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A20020

Less saturated −25%#822033

Channel breakdown

R150

G12

B39

Red150 (58.8%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue348.26°

Saturation (HSL)85.19%

Lightness31.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 96 · G 0C · B 27

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