Colour

#97371E

#97371E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#97371E is a red with RGB values 151, 55, 30 and HSL 12°, 67%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#97371E#97371E

HEX#97371E

RGBrgb(151, 55, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.5922, 0.2157, 0.1176

RGB percentages59.2%, 21.6%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(12.4, 66.9%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.4, 80.1%, 59.2%)

CMYK0%, 63.6%, 80.1%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer9,910,046

CSS custom property--colour: #97371E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09405WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness93.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.29:1

Contrast with white7.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#68C8E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#52491Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#6A5E1Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original

Tritanopia#A61E32no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 11.9 Brown · ΔE 12 Saddle brown · ΔE 13.5 Maroon · ΔE 14.6 Dark red · ΔE 15.9 Firebrick · ΔE 17.3

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 11.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E7E97

Analogous#971E42, #97741E

Triadic#1E9737, #371E97

Split complementary#1E9774, #1E4197

Tetradic#41971E, #1E7E97, #741E97

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAA897

Lighter +30%#E2846C

Lighter +20%#D96142

Lighter +10%#C24626

Darker −10%#6C2816

Darker −20%#42180D

Darker −30%#170905

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AE2A07

Less saturated −25%#804435

Channel breakdown

R151

G55

B30

Red151 (59.2%)

Green55 (21.6%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue12.4°

Saturation (HSL)66.85%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 97 · G 37 · B 1E

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