Recognised as Colour

#9B3E4E

#9B3E4E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#9B3E4E is a red with RGB values 155, 62, 78 and HSL 350°, 43%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

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HEX#9B3E4E

RGBrgb(155, 62, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.2431, 0.3059

RGB percentages60.8%, 24.3%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(349.7, 42.9%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349.7, 60%, 60.8%)

CMYK0%, 60%, 49.7%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,174,030

CSS custom property--colour: #9B3E4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10964WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness100.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.58:1

Contrast with white6.58:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#535353

Inverted#64C1B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#52514Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#6A644Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A93144no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 18.7 Brown · ΔE 22.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 23.9 Sienna · ΔE 27.8 Light coral · ΔE 28.3 Firebrick · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 18.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3E9B8B

Analogous#9B3E7C, #9B5D3E

Triadic#4E9B3E, #3E4E9B

Split complementary#3E9B5D, #3E7C9B

Tetradic#7C9B3E, #3E9B8B, #5D3E9B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6BFC6

Lighter +30%#D79BA5

Lighter +20%#C87785

Lighter +10%#BA5264

Darker −10%#772F3C

Darker −20%#522129

Darker −30%#2E1217

Darker −40%#090405

More saturated +25%#B6233C

Less saturated −25%#805960

Channel breakdown

R155

G62

B78

Red155 (60.8%)

Green62 (24.3%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue349.68°

Saturation (HSL)42.86%

Lightness42.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9B · G 3E · B 4E

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