Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#9C1F55

  • #9C1F55
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#9C1F55 is a red with RGB values 156, 31, 85 and HSL 334°, 67%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#9C1F55#9C1F55
HEX#9C1F55
RGBrgb(156, 31, 85)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.1216, 0.3333
RGB percentages61.2%, 12.2%, 33.3%
HSLhsl(334.1, 66.8%, 36.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(334.1, 80.1%, 61.2%)
CMYK0%, 80.1%, 45.5%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,231,637
CSS custom property--colour: #9C1F55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08704WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.66:1
Contrast with white7.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#63E0AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3D4456no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5F5C52no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AA0037no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 25Pale violetred · ΔE 26.4Indian red · ΔE 29.7Brown · ΔE 30.7Hot pink · ΔE 33.7Purple · ΔE 37.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 25.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1F9C66
Analogous#9C1F94, #9C271F
Triadic#559C1F, #1F559C
Split complementary#1F9C27, #1F949C
Tetradic#949C1F, #1F9C66, #271F9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EB9CBE
Lighter +30%#E371A2
Lighter +20%#DA4786
Lighter +10%#C7276C
Darker −10%#71173E
Darker −20%#470E27
Darker −30%#1C060F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B30852
Less saturated −25%#853658

Channel breakdown

R156
G31
B85
Red156 (61.2%)
Green31 (12.2%)
Blue85 (33.3%)
Hue334.08°
Saturation (HSL)66.84%
Lightness36.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9C · G 1F · B 55

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “9c1f55” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.