Recognised as Colour

#9C1949

#9C1949
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#9C1949 is a red with RGB values 156, 25, 73 and HSL 338°, 72%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#9C1949#9C1949

HEX#9C1949

RGBrgb(156, 25, 73)

RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.098, 0.2863

RGB percentages61.2%, 9.8%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(338, 72.4%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(338, 84%, 61.2%)

CMYK0%, 84%, 53.2%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,230,089

CSS custom property--colour: #9C1949;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08244WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.93:1

Contrast with white7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#63E6B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3D414Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#5F5A46no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.2 from the original

Tritanopia#AB002Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 24.5 Indian red · ΔE 26.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 28.2 Medium violet red · ΔE 29.4 Firebrick · ΔE 31.5 Maroon · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 24.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#199C6C

Analogous#9C198B, #9C2B19

Triadic#499C19, #19499C

Split complementary#199C2B, #198B9C

Tetradic#8A9C19, #199C6C, #2A199C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EE93B4

Lighter +30%#E76796

Lighter +20%#E03B78

Lighter +10%#C8205E

Darker −10%#701234

Darker −20%#440B20

Darker −30%#18040B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B30243

Less saturated −25%#85304F

Channel breakdown

R156

G25

B73

Red156 (61.2%)

Green25 (9.8%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue338.02°

Saturation (HSL)72.38%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9C · G 19 · B 49

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