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Recognised as Colour

#993C49

  • #993C49
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#993C49 is a red with RGB values 153, 60, 73 and HSL 352°, 44%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#993C49#993C49
HEX#993C49
RGBrgb(153, 60, 73)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.2353, 0.2863
RGB percentages60%, 23.5%, 28.6%
HSLhsl(351.6, 43.7%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(351.6, 60.8%, 60%)
CMYK0%, 60.8%, 52.3%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,042,441
CSS custom property--colour: #993C49;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness98.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.78:1
Contrast with white6.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#66C3B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#514F49no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#696247no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A72E41no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 18.3Brown · ΔE 20.6Pale violetred · ΔE 25.5Sienna · ΔE 26.1Light coral · ΔE 28.5Firebrick · ΔE 29.8
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 18.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C998C
Analogous#993C77, #995E3C
Triadic#49993C, #3C4999
Split complementary#3C995E, #3C7799
Tetradic#77993C, #3C998C, #5E3C99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5BCC2
Lighter +30%#D698A0
Lighter +20%#C8737F
Lighter +10%#BA4E5D
Darker −10%#742E38
Darker −20%#501F26
Darker −30%#2B1115
Darker −40%#060303
More saturated +25%#B42136
Less saturated −25%#7E575C

Channel breakdown

R153
G60
B73
Red153 (60%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue73 (28.6%)
Hue351.61°
Saturation (HSL)43.66%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 99 · G 3C · B 49

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