Recognised as Colour

#96273B

#96273B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#96273B is a red with RGB values 150, 39, 59 and HSL 349°, 59%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#96273B#96273B

HEX#96273B

RGBrgb(150, 39, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.1529, 0.2314

RGB percentages58.8%, 15.3%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(349.2, 58.7%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349.2, 74%, 58.8%)

CMYK0%, 74%, 60.7%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,840,443

CSS custom property--colour: #96273B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08251WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.92:1

Contrast with white7.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#404040

Inverted#69D8C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#45423Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#615A38no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A4052Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 15.6 Indian red · ΔE 20.1 Maroon · ΔE 24.3 Firebrick · ΔE 24.3 Dark red · ΔE 26.9 Sienna · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 15.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#279682

Analogous#962773, #964A27

Triadic#3B9627, #273B96

Split complementary#27964A, #277396

Tetradic#739627, #279682, #4A2796

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7A2AF

Lighter +30%#DC7A8B

Lighter +20%#D25168

Lighter +10%#BE324B

Darker −10%#6E1C2B

Darker −20%#45121B

Darker −30%#1D070B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AE0F2C

Less saturated −25%#7E3F4A

Channel breakdown

R150

G39

B59

Red150 (58.8%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue349.19°

Saturation (HSL)58.73%

Lightness37.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 96 · G 27 · B 3B

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