Colour

#972C16

#972C16
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#972C16 is a red with RGB values 151, 44, 22 and HSL 10°, 75%, 34%. 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

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HEX#972C16

RGBrgb(151, 44, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.1725, 0.0863

RGB percentages59.2%, 17.3%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(10.2, 74.6%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10.2, 85.4%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 70.9%, 85.4%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,907,222

CSS custom property--colour: #972C16;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08439WCAG 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 7.81:1

Contrast with white7.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#414141

Inverted#68D3E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C4312no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#665B10no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original

Tritanopia#A70128no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 10.1 Maroon · ΔE 10.4 Dark red · ΔE 10.6 Firebrick · ΔE 13.1 Sienna · ΔE 17 Saddle brown · ΔE 17.5

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 10.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#168197

Analogous#971640, #976D16

Triadic#16972C, #2C1697

Split complementary#16976C, #164197

Tetradic#419716, #168197, #6C1697

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EE9C8B

Lighter +30%#E8765E

Lighter +20%#E15032

Lighter +10%#C4391C

Darker −10%#6A1F10

Darker −20%#3E1209

Darker −30%#110503

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AD1E00

Less saturated −25%#813A2C

Channel breakdown

R151

G44

B22

Red151 (59.2%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue10.23°

Saturation (HSL)74.57%

Lightness33.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 2C · B 16

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