Recognised as Colour

#992C16

#992C16
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#992C16 is a red with RGB values 153, 44, 22 and HSL 10°, 75%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#992C16#992C16

HEX#992C16

RGBrgb(153, 44, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.1725, 0.0863

RGB percentages60%, 17.3%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(10.1, 74.9%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10.1, 85.6%, 60%)

CMYK0%, 71.2%, 85.6%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,038,294

CSS custom property--colour: #992C16;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08632WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.7:1

Contrast with white7.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#66D3E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D4412no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#675C10no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Tritanopia#A90028no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 10 Dark red · ΔE 10.2 Maroon · ΔE 10.5 Firebrick · ΔE 12.4 Sienna · ΔE 17.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 18.1

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 10.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#168399

Analogous#991641, #996E16

Triadic#16992C, #2C1699

Split complementary#16996D, #164299

Tetradic#429916, #168399, #6E1699

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EF9D8C

Lighter +30%#E87760

Lighter +20%#E25133

Lighter +10%#C6391C

Darker −10%#6C1F10

Darker −20%#401209

Darker −30%#130603

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#AF1D00

Less saturated −25%#833B2C

Channel breakdown

R153

G44

B22

Red153 (60%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue10.08°

Saturation (HSL)74.86%

Lightness34.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 99 · G 2C · B 16

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