Recognised as Colour

#993F27

#993F27
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#993F27 is a red with RGB values 153, 63, 39 and HSL 13°, 59%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#993F27

RGBrgb(153, 63, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.2471, 0.1529

RGB percentages60%, 24.7%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(12.6, 59.4%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.6, 74.5%, 60%)

CMYK0%, 58.8%, 74.5%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,043,175

CSS custom property--colour: #993F27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10474WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness97.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.79:1

Contrast with white6.79:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#505050

Inverted#66C0D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#584F24no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E6324no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Tritanopia#A82B3Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 9 Saddle brown · ΔE 12.7 Brown · ΔE 13.8 Maroon · ΔE 18.4 Dark red · ΔE 20 Indian red · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 8.96, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#278199

Analogous#992748, #997827

Triadic#27993F, #3F2799

Split complementary#279978, #274899

Tetradic#489927, #278199, #782799

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8B2A4

Lighter +30%#DD907C

Lighter +20%#D36E53

Lighter +10%#C25031

Darker −10%#702E1D

Darker −20%#481E12

Darker −30%#1F0D08

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B1310F

Less saturated −25%#814D3F

Channel breakdown

R153

G63

B39

Red153 (60%)

Green63 (24.7%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue12.63°

Saturation (HSL)59.38%

Lightness37.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 99 · G 3F · B 27

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