Recognised as Colour

#9B0032

#9B0032
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#9B0032 is a red with RGB values 155, 0, 50 and HSL 341°, 100%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#9B0032#9B0032

HEX#9B0032

RGBrgb(155, 0, 50)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0, 0.1961

RGB percentages60.8%, 0%, 19.6%

HSLhsl(340.6, 100%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(340.6, 100%, 60.8%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 67.7%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,158,130

CSS custom property--colour: #9B0032;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07199WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness86.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.61:1

Contrast with white8.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#252525

Inverted#64FFCD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3B3932no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#5E562Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60 from the original

Tritanopia#AB001Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 14.8 Firebrick · ΔE 20.2 Maroon · ΔE 22.3 Dark red · ΔE 23.7 Indian red · ΔE 24.5 Crimson · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 14.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#009B69

Analogous#9B0080, #9B1B00

Triadic#329B00, #00329B

Split complementary#009B1B, #00809B

Tetradic#809B00, #009B69, #1B009B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF6899

Lighter +30%#FF3576

Lighter +20%#FF0254

Lighter +10%#CE0042

Darker −10%#680022

Darker −20%#350011

Darker −30%#020001

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9B0032

Less saturated −25%#881339

Channel breakdown

R155

B50

Red155 (60.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue50 (19.6%)

Hue340.65°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9B · G 00 · B 32

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