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Recognised as Colour

#99656E

  • #99656E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#99656E is a red with RGB values 153, 101, 110 and HSL 350°, 20%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#99656E#99656E
HEX#99656E
RGBrgb(153, 101, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.3961, 0.4314
RGB percentages60%, 39.6%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(349.6, 20.5%, 49.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(349.6, 34%, 60%)
CMYK0%, 34%, 28.1%, 40%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,052,974
CSS custom property--colour: #99656E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17205WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness119.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.73:1
Contrast with white4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#717171
Inverted#669A91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6D6D6Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7A776Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A26168no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 16.3Dim grey · ΔE 22.9Gray · ΔE 23.1Pale violetred · ΔE 26.4Slate grey · ΔE 28.5Light slate grey · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 16.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#659990
Analogous#996588, #997665
Triadic#6E9965, #656E99
Split complementary#659976, #658899
Tetradic#889965, #659990, #766599

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAE0E2
Lighter +30%#D6C1C5
Lighter +20%#C2A2A8
Lighter +10%#AD848B
Darker −10%#7A5158
Darker −20%#5C3C42
Darker −30%#3D282C
Darker −40%#1E1416
More saturated +25%#B94559
Less saturated −25%#7F7F7F

Channel breakdown

R153
G101
B110
Red153 (60%)
Green101 (39.6%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue349.62°
Saturation (HSL)20.47%
Lightness49.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 99 · G 65 · B 6E

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