Colour

#993B21

#993B21
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#993B21 is a red with RGB values 153, 59, 33 and HSL 13°, 65%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#993B21

RGBrgb(153, 59, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.2314, 0.1294

RGB percentages60%, 23.1%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(13, 64.5%, 36.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(13, 78.4%, 60%)

CMYK0%, 61.4%, 78.4%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,042,145

CSS custom property--colour: #993B21;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1001WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7:1

Contrast with white7:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#66C4DE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#554C1Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#6C611Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Tritanopia#A82436no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.5 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text3:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 10.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 12.7 Brown · ΔE 12.8 Maroon · ΔE 16.2 Dark red · ΔE 17.4 Firebrick · ΔE 18.2

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 10.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#217F99

Analogous#992143, #997721

Triadic#21993B, #3B2199

Split complementary#219977, #214399

Tetradic#439921, #217F99, #772199

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EAAD9C

Lighter +30%#E18A72

Lighter +20%#D86748

Lighter +10%#C34B2A

Darker −10%#6F2B18

Darker −20%#451B0F

Darker −30%#1B0A06

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B02E0A

Less saturated −25%#824838

Channel breakdown

R153

G59

B33

Red153 (60%)

Green59 (23.1%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue13°

Saturation (HSL)64.52%

Lightness36.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 99 · G 3B · B 21

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Colour values

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