Recognised as Colour

#9E1809

#9E1809
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dark red

#9E1809 is a red with RGB values 158, 24, 9 and HSL 6°, 89%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark red.

Colour values

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HEX#9E1809

RGBrgb(158, 24, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.0941, 0.0353

RGB percentages62%, 9.4%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(6, 89.2%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6, 94.3%, 62%)

CMYK0%, 84.8%, 94.3%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,360,841

CSS custom property--colour: #9E1809;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness88.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.11:1

Contrast with white8.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#61E7F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#463D04no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#665A00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.4 from the original

Tritanopia#AF0017no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text8.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark red · ΔE 6.3 Firebrick · ΔE 8.9 Maroon · ΔE 10.8 Brown · ΔE 13.9 Crimson · ΔE 25.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourDark red (#8B0000)ΔE 6.35, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#098F9E

Analogous#9E0945, #9E6209

Triadic#099E18, #18099E

Split complementary#099E62, #09459E

Tetradic#459E09, #098F9E, #62099E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F8887B

Lighter +30%#F55C4B

Lighter +20%#F2311B

Lighter +10%#CE1F0C

Darker −10%#6E1106

Darker −20%#3D0904

Darker −30%#0D0201

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#A71100

Less saturated −25%#89291E

Channel breakdown

R158

G24

Red158 (62%)

Green24 (9.4%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue6.04°

Saturation (HSL)89.22%

Lightness32.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9E · G 18 · B 09

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