Recognised as Colour

#9E1729

#9E1729
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#9E1729 is a red with RGB values 158, 23, 41 and HSL 352°, 75%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#9E1729

RGBrgb(158, 23, 41)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.0902, 0.1608

RGB percentages62%, 9%, 16.1%

HSLhsl(352, 74.6%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352, 85.4%, 62%)

CMYK0%, 85.4%, 74.1%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,360,617

CSS custom property--colour: #9E1729;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08042WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.05:1

Contrast with white8.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#61E8D6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#433E28no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57 from the original

Deuteranopia#645A24no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57 from the original

Tritanopia#AE0020no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 6.2 Firebrick · ΔE 12.3 Maroon · ΔE 15 Dark red · ΔE 15.8 Indian red · ΔE 21.6 Crimson · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 6.18, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#179E8C

Analogous#9E176D, #9E4917

Triadic#299E17, #17299E

Split complementary#179E49, #176D9E

Tetradic#6D9E17, #179E8C, #48179E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EF929E

Lighter +30%#E96577

Lighter +20%#E2394F

Lighter +10%#CB1D35

Darker −10%#71111D

Darker −20%#450A12

Darker −30%#180406

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B50018

Less saturated −25%#872E3A

Channel breakdown

R158

G23

B41

Red158 (62%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue41 (16.1%)

Hue352°

Saturation (HSL)74.59%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9E · G 17 · B 29

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