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Recognised as Colour

#96224A

  • #96224A
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#96224A is a red with RGB values 150, 34, 74 and HSL 339°, 63%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#96224A#96224A
HEX#96224A
RGBrgb(150, 34, 74)
RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.1333, 0.2902
RGB percentages58.8%, 13.3%, 29%
HSLhsl(339.3, 63%, 36.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(339.3, 77.3%, 58.8%)
CMYK0%, 77.3%, 50.7%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,839,178
CSS custom property--colour: #96224A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08122WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8:1
Contrast with white8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#69DDB5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3F424Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D5947no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A40433no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 25.3Indian red · ΔE 25.9Pale violetred · ΔE 27.2Medium violet red · ΔE 31.3Firebrick · ΔE 33.1Maroon · ΔE 33.8
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 25.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#22966E
Analogous#962284, #963422
Triadic#4A9622, #224A96
Split complementary#229634, #228496
Tetradic#849622, #22966E, #342296

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E89CB6
Lighter +30%#DF7298
Lighter +20%#D64879
Lighter +10%#C02B5F
Darker −10%#6C1935
Darker −20%#430F21
Darker −30%#19060C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#AD0B43
Less saturated −25%#7F3951

Channel breakdown

R150
G34
B74
Red150 (58.8%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue74 (29%)
Hue339.31°
Saturation (HSL)63.04%
Lightness36.08%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 96 · G 22 · B 4A

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