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Recognised as Colour

#9C4E41

  • #9C4E41
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#9C4E41 is a red with RGB values 156, 78, 65 and HSL 9°, 41%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#9C4E41#9C4E41
HEX#9C4E41
RGBrgb(156, 78, 65)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.3059, 0.2549
RGB percentages61.2%, 30.6%, 25.5%
HSLhsl(8.6, 41.2%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(8.6, 58.3%, 61.2%)
CMYK0%, 50%, 58.3%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,243,649
CSS custom property--colour: #9C4E41;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12898WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness106.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.87:1
Contrast with white5.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E
Inverted#63B1BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#615A40no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#746B40no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original
Tritanopia#AA414Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.87:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 13.2Indian red · ΔE 17.4Saddle brown · ΔE 19.7Brown · ΔE 20.7Light coral · ΔE 26.4Dark salmon · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 13.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#418F9C
Analogous#9C4162, #9C7B41
Triadic#419C4E, #4E419C
Split complementary#419C7C, #41629C
Tetradic#629C41, #418F9C, #7B419C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6C8C3
Lighter +30%#D7A79F
Lighter +20%#C8867B
Lighter +10%#B96557
Darker −10%#783C32
Darker −20%#542A23
Darker −30%#301814
Darker −40%#0C0605
More saturated +25%#B83A25
Less saturated −25%#80625D

Channel breakdown

R156
G78
B65
Red156 (61.2%)
Green78 (30.6%)
Blue65 (25.5%)
Hue8.57°
Saturation (HSL)41.18%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9C · G 4E · B 41

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