Colour

#990B48

#990B48
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#990B48 is a red with RGB values 153, 11, 72 and HSL 334°, 87%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#990B48

RGBrgb(153, 11, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.0431, 0.2824

RGB percentages60%, 4.3%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(334.2, 86.6%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(334.2, 92.8%, 60%)

CMYK0%, 92.8%, 52.9%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,029,896

CSS custom property--colour: #990B48;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0748WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness87.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.41:1

Contrast with white8.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#66F4B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#373C49no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#5B5745no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.2 from the original

Tritanopia#A7002Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 26.9 Medium violet red · ΔE 27.7 Indian red · ΔE 29.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 30 Firebrick · ΔE 33.4 Maroon · ΔE 34.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 26.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B995C

Analogous#990B8F, #99150B

Triadic#48990B, #0B4899

Split complementary#0B9915, #0B8F99

Tetradic#8F990B, #0B995C, #150B99

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F57BAF

Lighter +30%#F24B93

Lighter +20%#EF1B76

Lighter +10%#C90E5E

Darker −10%#690832

Darker −20%#3A041B

Darker −30%#0A0105

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A40046

Less saturated −25%#841F4B

Channel breakdown

R153

G11

B72

Red153 (60%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue334.23°

Saturation (HSL)86.59%

Lightness32.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 99 · G 0B · B 48

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