Colour

#9D2516

#9D2516
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark red

#9D2516 is a red with RGB values 157, 37, 22 and HSL 7°, 75%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark red.

Colour values

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HEX#9D2516

RGBrgb(157, 37, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.1451, 0.0863

RGB percentages61.6%, 14.5%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(6.7, 75.4%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.7, 86%, 61.6%)

CMYK0%, 76.4%, 86%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,298,646

CSS custom property--colour: #9D2516;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08549WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.75:1

Contrast with white7.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D

Inverted#62DAE9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4A4212no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#685C0Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.3 from the original

Tritanopia#AD0023no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark red · ΔE 8 Brown · ΔE 8.7 Firebrick · ΔE 8.8 Maroon · ΔE 9.6 Sienna · ΔE 21 Saddle brown · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourDark red (#8B0000)ΔE 7.97, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#168E9D

Analogous#9D164A, #9D6916

Triadic#169D25, #25169D

Split complementary#169D68, #164B9D

Tetradic#4A9D16, #168E9D, #69169D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EF9A90

Lighter +30%#E97263

Lighter +20%#E34936

Lighter +10%#CA301C

Darker −10%#701A10

Darker −20%#441009

Darker −30%#170503

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B31400

Less saturated −25%#87362C

Channel breakdown

R157

G37

B22

Red157 (61.6%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue6.67°

Saturation (HSL)75.42%

Lightness35.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9D · G 25 · B 16

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