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Recognised as Colour

#9E3555

  • #9E3555
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#9E3555 is a red with RGB values 158, 53, 85 and HSL 342°, 50%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#9E3555#9E3555
HEX#9E3555
RGBrgb(158, 53, 85)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.2078, 0.3333
RGB percentages62%, 20.8%, 33.3%
HSLhsl(341.7, 49.8%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(341.7, 66.5%, 62%)
CMYK0%, 66.5%, 46.2%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,368,341
CSS custom property--colour: #9E3555;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness99.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.79:1
Contrast with white6.79:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#61CAAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4B4E56no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#676353no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original
Tritanopia#AC2642no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.09:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 22.4Indian red · ΔE 22.7Brown · ΔE 25.9Light coral · ΔE 31.3Medium violet red · ΔE 32.5Firebrick · ΔE 34.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 22.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#359E7E
Analogous#9E3589, #9E4A35
Triadic#559E35, #35559E
Split complementary#359E4A, #35899E
Tetradic#8A9E35, #359E7E, #4A359E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7B8C6
Lighter +30%#DA92A8
Lighter +20%#CE6B89
Lighter +10%#C1456B
Darker −10%#782840
Darker −20%#521B2C
Darker −30%#2B0F17
Darker −40%#050203
More saturated +25%#B81B4B
Less saturated −25%#844F5F

Channel breakdown

R158
G53
B85
Red158 (62%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue85 (33.3%)
Hue341.71°
Saturation (HSL)49.76%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9E · G 35 · B 55

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