Recognised as Colour

#990F2D

#990F2D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#990F2D is a red with RGB values 153, 15, 45 and HSL 347°, 82%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#990F2D#990F2D

HEX#990F2D

RGBrgb(153, 15, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.0588, 0.1765

RGB percentages60%, 5.9%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(347, 82.1%, 32.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347, 90.2%, 60%)

CMYK0%, 90.2%, 70.6%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,030,893

CSS custom property--colour: #990F2D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07303WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness85.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.53:1

Contrast with white8.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#66F0D2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3E3A2Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F5629no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57 from the original

Tritanopia#A9001Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 10.6 Firebrick · ΔE 17 Maroon · ΔE 18.3 Dark red · ΔE 19.9 Indian red · ΔE 22.7 Crimson · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 10.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F997B

Analogous#990F72, #99360F

Triadic#2D990F, #0F2D99

Split complementary#0F9936, #0F7299

Tetradic#72990F, #0F997B, #360F99

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3819A

Lighter +30%#EE5375

Lighter +20%#EA244F

Lighter +10%#C7143B

Darker −10%#6B0A1F

Darker −20%#3C0612

Darker −30%#0E0104

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A80025

Less saturated −25%#842439

Channel breakdown

R153

G15

B45

Red153 (60%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue346.96°

Saturation (HSL)82.14%

Lightness32.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 99 · G 0F · B 2D

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