Recognised as Colour

#9B3C32

#9B3C32
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#9B3C32 is a red with RGB values 155, 60, 50 and HSL 6°, 51%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#9B3C32#9B3C32

HEX#9B3C32

RGBrgb(155, 60, 50)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.2353, 0.1961

RGB percentages60.8%, 23.5%, 19.6%

HSLhsl(5.7, 51.2%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.7, 67.7%, 60.8%)

CMYK0%, 61.3%, 67.7%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,173,490

CSS custom property--colour: #9B3C32;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10431WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness97.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.8:1

Contrast with white6.8:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#64C3CD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#554E30no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#6D632Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original

Tritanopia#AA283Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 11.4 Sienna · ΔE 14.3 Indian red · ΔE 16.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 19.2 Maroon · ΔE 19.6 Firebrick · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 11.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#32919B

Analogous#9B325C, #9B7132

Triadic#329B3C, #3C329B

Split complementary#329B71, #325C9B

Tetradic#5C9B32, #32919B, #71329B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6B8B3

Lighter +30%#DA938C

Lighter +20%#CD6F66

Lighter +10%#C14B3F

Darker −10%#742D26

Darker −20%#4E1E19

Darker −30%#270F0D

Darker −40%#010000

More saturated +25%#B52718

Less saturated −25%#81514C

Channel breakdown

R155

G60

B50

Red155 (60.8%)

Green60 (23.5%)

Blue50 (19.6%)

Hue5.71°

Saturation (HSL)51.22%

Lightness40.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9B · G 3C · B 32

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