Recognised as Colour

#9A274B

#9A274B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#9A274B is a red with RGB values 154, 39, 75 and HSL 341°, 60%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#9A274B

RGBrgb(154, 39, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.1529, 0.2941

RGB percentages60.4%, 15.3%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(341.2, 59.6%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(341.2, 74.7%, 60.4%)

CMYK0%, 74.7%, 51.3%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,102,603

CSS custom property--colour: #9A274B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08829WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness92.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.59:1

Contrast with white7.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#424242

Inverted#65D8B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#43454Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#615C48no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A80D36no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 23.7 Indian red · ΔE 23.8 Pale violetred · ΔE 26 Firebrick · ΔE 31.6 Medium violet red · ΔE 32.1 Maroon · ΔE 32.8

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 23.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#279A76

Analogous#9A2785, #9A3C27

Triadic#4B9A27, #274B9A

Split complementary#279A3C, #27859A

Tetradic#859A27, #279A76, #3C279A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8A5BA

Lighter +30%#DE7C9B

Lighter +20%#D4537C

Lighter +10%#C3315F

Darker −10%#711D37

Darker −20%#491223

Darker −30%#200810

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B20F42

Less saturated −25%#823F54

Channel breakdown

R154

G39

B75

Red154 (60.4%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue341.22°

Saturation (HSL)59.59%

Lightness37.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9A · G 27 · B 4B

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