Recognised as Colour

#9B021B

#9B021B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#9B021B is a red with RGB values 155, 2, 27 and HSL 350°, 97%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#9B021B#9B021B

HEX#9B021B

RGBrgb(155, 2, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.0078, 0.1059

RGB percentages60.8%, 0.8%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(350.2, 97.5%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.2, 98.7%, 60.8%)

CMYK0%, 98.7%, 82.6%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,158,619

CSS custom property--colour: #9B021B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07091WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness85.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.68:1

Contrast with white8.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#64FDE4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3E381Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 59.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#615614no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 59.3 from the original

Tritanopia#AB0010no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 8.3 Firebrick · ΔE 8.5 Dark red · ΔE 10.2 Maroon · ΔE 11.1 Crimson · ΔE 21.6 Indian red · ΔE 26.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 8.32, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#029B82

Analogous#9B0267, #9B3502

Triadic#1B9B02, #021B9B

Split complementary#029B35, #02679B

Tetradic#689B02, #029B82, #36029B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FD6C84

Lighter +30%#FC3A59

Lighter +20%#FC072F

Lighter +10%#CD0324

Darker −10%#690112

Darker −20%#360109

Darker −30%#040001

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#9D001A

Less saturated −25%#871628

Channel breakdown

R155

B27

Red155 (60.8%)

Green2 (0.8%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue350.2°

Saturation (HSL)97.45%

Lightness30.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9B · G 02 · B 1B

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