Recognised as Colour

#9C4D55

#9C4D55
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#9C4D55 is a red with RGB values 156, 77, 85 and HSL 354°, 34%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#9C4D55#9C4D55

HEX#9C4D55

RGBrgb(156, 77, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.302, 0.3333

RGB percentages61.2%, 30.2%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(353.9, 33.9%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.9, 50.6%, 61.2%)

CMYK0%, 50.6%, 45.5%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,243,413

CSS custom property--colour: #9C4D55;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13032WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness107.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.82:1

Contrast with white5.82:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#63B2AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5D5B55no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original

Deuteranopia#716B53no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Tritanopia#A94350no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.61:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 19.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 23.7 Sienna · ΔE 25.3 Brown · ΔE 26.1 Light coral · ΔE 26.6 Rosy brown · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 19.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4D9C94

Analogous#9C4D7C, #9C6D4D

Triadic#559C4D, #4D559C

Split complementary#4D9C6D, #4D7C9C

Tetradic#7C9C4D, #4D9C94, #6D4D9C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7CED1

Lighter +30%#D6ACB0

Lighter +20%#C58A90

Lighter +10%#B4686F

Darker −10%#7A3C42

Darker −20%#582B30

Darker −30%#361A1D

Darker −40%#130A0B

More saturated +25%#B9303E

Less saturated −25%#7F6A6C

Channel breakdown

R156

G77

B85

Red156 (61.2%)

Green77 (30.2%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue353.92°

Saturation (HSL)33.91%

Lightness45.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9C · G 4D · B 55

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