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Recognised as Colour

#9D254B

  • #9D254B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#9D254B is a red with RGB values 157, 37, 75 and HSL 341°, 62%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#9D254B#9D254B
HEX#9D254B
RGBrgb(157, 37, 75)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.1451, 0.2941
RGB percentages61.6%, 14.5%, 29.4%
HSLhsl(341, 61.9%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(341, 76.4%, 61.6%)
CMYK0%, 76.4%, 52.2%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,298,699
CSS custom property--colour: #9D254B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08999WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness93.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.5:1
Contrast with white7.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#414141
Inverted#62DAB4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#43454Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#635D48no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.8 from the original
Tritanopia#AB0435no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 23.2Indian red · ΔE 23.6Pale violetred · ΔE 26.2Firebrick · ΔE 30.8Medium violet red · ΔE 31.4Maroon · ΔE 32.5
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 23.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#259D77
Analogous#9D2587, #9D3B25
Triadic#4B9D25, #254B9D
Split complementary#259D3B, #25879D
Tetradic#879D25, #259D77, #3B259D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAA4BA
Lighter +30%#E07B9B
Lighter +20%#D6527C
Lighter +10%#C62F5F
Darker −10%#741B37
Darker −20%#4A1224
Darker −30%#210810
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B50D42
Less saturated −25%#853D54

Channel breakdown

R157
G37
B75
Red157 (61.6%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue75 (29.4%)
Hue341°
Saturation (HSL)61.86%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9D · G 25 · B 4B

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