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Recognised as Colour

#9E3755

  • #9E3755
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#9E3755 is a red with RGB values 158, 55, 85 and HSL 343°, 48%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#9E3755#9E3755
HEX#9E3755
RGBrgb(158, 55, 85)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.2157, 0.3333
RGB percentages62%, 21.6%, 33.3%
HSLhsl(342.5, 48.4%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(342.5, 65.2%, 62%)
CMYK0%, 65.2%, 46.2%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,368,853
CSS custom property--colour: #9E3755;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10657WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.71:1
Contrast with white6.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#61C8AA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4D4F56no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#686353no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Tritanopia#AC2943no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 22.1Pale violetred · ΔE 22.1Brown · ΔE 25.6Light coral · ΔE 30.7Medium violet red · ΔE 33.4Firebrick · ΔE 34
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 22.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#379E80
Analogous#9E3788, #9E4C37
Triadic#559E37, #37559E
Split complementary#379E4C, #37889E
Tetradic#899E37, #379E80, #4D379E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7BAC7
Lighter +30%#DA94A8
Lighter +20%#CD6E8A
Lighter +10%#BF496B
Darker −10%#782A41
Darker −20%#521D2C
Darker −30%#2D0F18
Darker −40%#070204
More saturated +25%#B91C4A
Less saturated −25%#835260

Channel breakdown

R158
G55
B85
Red158 (62%)
Green55 (21.6%)
Blue85 (33.3%)
Hue342.52°
Saturation (HSL)48.36%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9E · G 37 · B 55

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