Recognised as Colour

#9E3820

#9E3820
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#9E3820 is a red with RGB values 158, 56, 32 and HSL 11°, 66%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#9E3820#9E3820

HEX#9E3820

RGBrgb(158, 56, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.2196, 0.1255

RGB percentages62%, 22%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(11.4, 66.3%, 37.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.4, 79.7%, 62%)

CMYK0%, 64.6%, 79.7%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,369,056

CSS custom property--colour: #9E3820;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness97.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.91:1

Contrast with white6.91:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C

Inverted#61C7DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#554C1Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#6E621Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original

Tritanopia#AE1D33no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text6.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.04:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 10.5 Sienna · ΔE 13.1 Maroon · ΔE 14.5 Firebrick · ΔE 14.8 Dark red · ΔE 14.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 15.4

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 10.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#20869E

Analogous#9E2047, #9E7720

Triadic#209E38, #38209E

Split complementary#209E77, #20479E

Tetradic#479E20, #20869E, #77209E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EBAD9F

Lighter +30%#E38974

Lighter +20%#DA654A

Lighter +10%#C84729

Darker −10%#742917

Darker −20%#491A0F

Darker −30%#1F0B06

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B62908

Less saturated −25%#864738

Channel breakdown

R158

G56

B32

Red158 (62%)

Green56 (22%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue11.43°

Saturation (HSL)66.32%

Lightness37.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9E · G 38 · B 20

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