Recognised as Colour

#9E1B41

#9E1B41
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#9E1B41 is a red with RGB values 158, 27, 65 and HSL 343°, 71%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#9E1B41#9E1B41

HEX#9E1B41

RGBrgb(158, 27, 65)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.1059, 0.2549

RGB percentages62%, 10.6%, 25.5%

HSLhsl(342.6, 70.8%, 36.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.6, 82.9%, 62%)

CMYK0%, 82.9%, 58.9%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,361,665

CSS custom property--colour: #9E1B41;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08435WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness91.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.82:1

Contrast with white7.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#61E4BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#414142no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#625B3Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.1 from the original

Tritanopia#AD002Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 18.7 Indian red · ΔE 22.7 Firebrick · ΔE 25.7 Maroon · ΔE 27.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 29.5 Dark red · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 18.74, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B9E78

Analogous#9E1B83, #9E361B

Triadic#419E1B, #1B419E

Split complementary#1B9E36, #1B839E

Tetradic#839E1B, #1B9E78, #371B9E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ED98B1

Lighter +30%#E66C8F

Lighter +20%#DE416E

Lighter +10%#CA2253

Darker −10%#72142F

Darker −20%#470C1D

Darker −30%#1B050B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B50437

Less saturated −25%#87324B

Channel breakdown

R158

G27

B65

Red158 (62%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue65 (25.5%)

Hue342.6°

Saturation (HSL)70.81%

Lightness36.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9E · G 1B · B 41

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