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Recognised as Colour

#993E4F

  • #993E4F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#993E4F is a red with RGB values 153, 62, 79 and HSL 349°, 42%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#993E4F#993E4F
HEX#993E4F
RGBrgb(153, 62, 79)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.2431, 0.3098
RGB percentages60%, 24.3%, 31%
HSLhsl(348.8, 42.3%, 42.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(348.8, 59.5%, 60%)
CMYK0%, 59.5%, 48.4%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,042,959
CSS custom property--colour: #993E4F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.65:1
Contrast with white6.65:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#535353
Inverted#66C1B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#51514Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#69634Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A63244no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.16:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 19.8Brown · ΔE 23.5Pale violetred · ΔE 23.9Sienna · ΔE 28.6Light coral · ΔE 29Firebrick · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 19.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3E9988
Analogous#993E7D, #995A3E
Triadic#4F993E, #3E4F99
Split complementary#3E995A, #3E7D99
Tetradic#7D993E, #3E9988, #5A3E99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E5BEC5
Lighter +30%#D69AA5
Lighter +20%#C77685
Lighter +10%#B95165
Darker −10%#752F3C
Darker −20%#50212A
Darker −30%#2C1217
Darker −40%#080304
More saturated +25%#B4233E
Less saturated −25%#7E5960

Channel breakdown

R153
G62
B79
Red153 (60%)
Green62 (24.3%)
Blue79 (31%)
Hue348.79°
Saturation (HSL)42.33%
Lightness42.16%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 99 · G 3E · B 4F

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