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Recognised as Colour

#971C49

  • #971C49
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#971C49 is a red with RGB values 151, 28, 73 and HSL 338°, 69%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#971C49#971C49
HEX#971C49
RGBrgb(151, 28, 73)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.1098, 0.2863
RGB percentages59.2%, 11%, 28.6%
HSLhsl(338, 68.7%, 35.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(338, 81.5%, 59.2%)
CMYK0%, 81.5%, 51.7%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,903,177
CSS custom property--colour: #971C49;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07891WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness88.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.15:1
Contrast with white8.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#393939
Inverted#68E3B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3C404Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D5846no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A50030no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 25.5Indian red · ΔE 26.7Pale violetred · ΔE 28Medium violet red · ΔE 30.1Firebrick · ΔE 32.9Maroon · ΔE 33.9
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 25.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1C976A
Analogous#971C87, #972D1C
Triadic#49971C, #1C4997
Split complementary#1C972D, #1C8797
Tetradic#86971C, #1C976A, #2C1C97

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EB94B4
Lighter +30%#E36996
Lighter +20%#DB3E77
Lighter +10%#C2245E
Darker −10%#6C1434
Darker −20%#410C1F
Darker −30%#16040B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#AD0643
Less saturated −25%#81324F

Channel breakdown

R151
G28
B73
Red151 (59.2%)
Green28 (11%)
Blue73 (28.6%)
Hue338.05°
Saturation (HSL)68.72%
Lightness35.1%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 97 · G 1C · B 49

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