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Recognised as Colour

#9A5259

  • #9A5259
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#9A5259 is a red with RGB values 154, 82, 89 and HSL 354°, 31%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#9A5259#9A5259
HEX#9A5259
RGBrgb(154, 82, 89)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.3216, 0.349
RGB percentages60.4%, 32.2%, 34.9%
HSLhsl(354.2, 30.5%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(354.2, 46.8%, 60.4%)
CMYK0%, 46.8%, 42.2%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,113,625
CSS custom property--colour: #9A5259;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13626WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.64:1
Contrast with white5.64:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#626262
Inverted#65ADA6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#605F59no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#726D58no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A64A55no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.64:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.73:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 21.4Pale violetred · ΔE 24.3Rosy brown · ΔE 24.3Sienna · ΔE 26.2Light coral · ΔE 27.5Brown · ΔE 29.1
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 21.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#529A93
Analogous#9A527D, #9A6F52
Triadic#599A52, #52599A
Split complementary#529A6F, #527D9A
Tetradic#7D9A52, #529A93, #6F529A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7D1D3
Lighter +30%#D5B0B4
Lighter +20%#C38F94
Lighter +10%#B26D74
Darker −10%#794046
Darker −20%#572F33
Darker −30%#361D1F
Darker −40%#150B0C
More saturated +25%#B73541
Less saturated −25%#7C7071

Channel breakdown

R154
G82
B89
Red154 (60.4%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue89 (34.9%)
Hue354.17°
Saturation (HSL)30.51%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9A · G 52 · B 59

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