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Recognised as Colour

#9E1749

  • #9E1749
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#9E1749 is a red with RGB values 158, 23, 73 and HSL 338°, 75%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#9E1749#9E1749
HEX#9E1749
RGBrgb(158, 23, 73)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.0902, 0.2863
RGB percentages62%, 9%, 28.6%
HSLhsl(337.8, 74.6%, 35.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(337.8, 85.4%, 62%)
CMYK0%, 85.4%, 53.8%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,360,649
CSS custom property--colour: #9E1749;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08363WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.86:1
Contrast with white7.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#61E8B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3E414Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#605B46no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.4 from the original
Tritanopia#AD002Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.86:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 24.3Indian red · ΔE 26.1Pale violetred · ΔE 28.3Medium violet red · ΔE 29Firebrick · ΔE 31Maroon · ΔE 33.2
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 24.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#179E6C
Analogous#9E178C, #9E2817
Triadic#499E17, #17499E
Split complementary#179E28, #178C9E
Tetradic#8D9E17, #179E6C, #29179E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EF92B4
Lighter +30%#E96596
Lighter +20%#E23978
Lighter +10%#CB1D5E
Darker −10%#711134
Darker −20%#450A20
Darker −30%#18040B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#B50043
Less saturated −25%#872E4F

Channel breakdown

R158
G23
B73
Red158 (62%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue73 (28.6%)
Hue337.78°
Saturation (HSL)74.59%
Lightness35.49%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9E · G 17 · B 49

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