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Recognised as Colour

#9A285E

  • #9A285E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#9A285E is a red with RGB values 154, 40, 94 and HSL 332°, 59%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#9A285E#9A285E
HEX#9A285E
RGBrgb(154, 40, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.1569, 0.3686
RGB percentages60.4%, 15.7%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(331.6, 58.8%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(331.6, 74%, 60.4%)
CMYK0%, 74%, 39%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,102,878
CSS custom property--colour: #9A285E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09196WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness95.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.4:1
Contrast with white7.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#65D7A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3E485Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E5D5Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A71B3Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 24.3Pale violetred · ΔE 25.3Indian red · ΔE 32Hot pink · ΔE 32.6Purple · ΔE 33.8Brown · ΔE 34.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 24.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#289A64
Analogous#9A2897, #9A2B28
Triadic#5E9A28, #285E9A
Split complementary#289A2B, #28979A
Tetradic#979A28, #289A64, #2B289A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8A6C5
Lighter +30%#DD7EAB
Lighter +20%#D35591
Lighter +10%#C23377
Darker −10%#721D45
Darker −20%#49132D
Darker −30%#210814
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B2105D
Less saturated −25%#82405F

Channel breakdown

R154
G40
B94
Red154 (60.4%)
Green40 (15.7%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue331.58°
Saturation (HSL)58.76%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9A · G 28 · B 5E

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