Recognised as Colour

#9A233D

#9A233D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#9A233D is a red with RGB values 154, 35, 61 and HSL 347°, 63%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#9A233D#9A233D

HEX#9A233D

RGBrgb(154, 35, 61)

RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.1373, 0.2392

RGB percentages60.4%, 13.7%, 23.9%

HSLhsl(346.9, 63%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.9, 77.3%, 60.4%)

CMYK0%, 77.3%, 60.4%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,101,565

CSS custom property--colour: #9A233D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08409WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.83:1

Contrast with white7.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#65DCC2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#44423Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#625B3Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A9002Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 16 Indian red · ΔE 20.6 Firebrick · ΔE 24.1 Maroon · ΔE 25.1 Dark red · ΔE 27.4 Pale violetred · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 15.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#239A80

Analogous#9A2379, #9A4523

Triadic#3D9A23, #233D9A

Split complementary#239A45, #23789A

Tetradic#789A23, #239A80, #44239A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9A0B0

Lighter +30%#E0768D

Lighter +20%#D64D6B

Lighter +10%#C42C4D

Darker −10%#701A2D

Darker −20%#47101C

Darker −30%#1D070C

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B20B30

Less saturated −25%#823B4A

Channel breakdown

R154

G35

B61

Red154 (60.4%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue61 (23.9%)

Hue346.89°

Saturation (HSL)62.96%

Lightness37.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9A · G 23 · B 3D

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