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Recognised as Colour

#97224C

  • #97224C
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#97224C is a red with RGB values 151, 34, 76 and HSL 338°, 63%, 36%. 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

#97224C#97224C
HEX#97224C
RGBrgb(151, 34, 76)
RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.1333, 0.298
RGB percentages59.2%, 13.3%, 29.8%
HSLhsl(338.5, 63.2%, 36.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(338.5, 77.5%, 59.2%)
CMYK0%, 77.5%, 49.7%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,904,716
CSS custom property--colour: #97224C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08245WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness90.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.93:1
Contrast with white7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E
Inverted#68DDB3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3F424Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E5949no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A50434no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 26.2Indian red · ΔE 26.4Pale violetred · ΔE 26.8Medium violet red · ΔE 30.3Firebrick · ΔE 33.9Maroon · ΔE 34.8
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 26.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#22976D
Analogous#972287, #973222
Triadic#4C9722, #224C97
Split complementary#229732, #228797
Tetradic#879722, #22976D, #322297

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E99CB8
Lighter +30%#DF739A
Lighter +20%#D6497C
Lighter +10%#C12B61
Darker −10%#6D1937
Darker −20%#440F22
Darker −30%#1A060D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#AE0B45
Less saturated −25%#803953

Channel breakdown

R151
G34
B76
Red151 (59.2%)
Green34 (13.3%)
Blue76 (29.8%)
Hue338.46°
Saturation (HSL)63.24%
Lightness36.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 97 · G 22 · B 4C

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