Recognised as Colour

#962B3C

#962B3C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#962B3C is a red with RGB values 150, 43, 60 and HSL 350°, 55%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#962B3C#962B3C

HEX#962B3C

RGBrgb(150, 43, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.5882, 0.1686, 0.2353

RGB percentages58.8%, 16.9%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(350.5, 55.4%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.5, 71.3%, 58.8%)

CMYK0%, 71.3%, 60%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,841,468

CSS custom property--colour: #962B3C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08538WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.76:1

Contrast with white7.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#434343

Inverted#69D4C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#47443Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#625B39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A41032no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 15.7 Indian red · ΔE 19.4 Maroon · ΔE 24.5 Firebrick · ΔE 24.7 Dark red · ΔE 27.1 Sienna · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 15.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B9685

Analogous#962B71, #96502B

Triadic#3C962B, #2B3C96

Split complementary#2B9650, #2B7196

Tetradic#71962B, #2B9685, #502B96

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6A7B1

Lighter +30%#DA808E

Lighter +20%#CF586B

Lighter +10%#BE364C

Darker −10%#6E202C

Darker −20%#47141C

Darker −30%#1F090C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AE132C

Less saturated −25%#7E434C

Channel breakdown

R150

G43

B60

Red150 (58.8%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue350.47°

Saturation (HSL)55.44%

Lightness37.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 96 · G 2B · B 3C

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Colour harmonies

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