Recognised as Colour

#970B2A

#970B2A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#970B2A is a red with RGB values 151, 11, 42 and HSL 347°, 86%, 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

#970B2A#970B2A

HEX#970B2A

RGBrgb(151, 11, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.0431, 0.1647

RGB percentages59.2%, 4.3%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(346.7, 86.4%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.7, 92.7%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 92.7%, 72.2%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,898,794

CSS custom property--colour: #970B2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06986WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness84.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.76:1

Contrast with white8.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#68F4D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3C392Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#5E5525no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.3 from the original

Tritanopia#A7001Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 10.2 Firebrick · ΔE 16.5 Maroon · ΔE 17.2 Dark red · ΔE 18.8 Indian red · ΔE 23.4 Crimson · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 10.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B9778

Analogous#970B70, #97320B

Triadic#2A970B, #0B2A97

Split complementary#0B9732, #0B7097

Tetradic#70970B, #0B9778, #320B97

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F57994

Lighter +30%#F2496F

Lighter +20%#EE1A49

Lighter +10%#C70E37

Darker −10%#67081D

Darker −20%#380410

Darker −30%#080102

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A20024

Less saturated −25%#831F35

Channel breakdown

R151

G11

B42

Red151 (59.2%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue346.71°

Saturation (HSL)86.42%

Lightness31.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 0B · B 2A

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