Recognised as Colour

#9E555A

#9E555A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#9E555A is a red with RGB values 158, 85, 90 and HSL 356°, 30%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#9E555A#9E555A

HEX#9E555A

RGBrgb(158, 85, 90)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.3333, 0.3529

RGB percentages62%, 33.3%, 35.3%

HSLhsl(355.9, 30%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.9, 46.2%, 62%)

CMYK0%, 46.2%, 43%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,376,538

CSS custom property--colour: #9E555A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14504WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness112.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.38:1

Contrast with white5.38:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#656565

Inverted#61AAA5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#64615Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#767059no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Tritanopia#AA4C57no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.9:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 20.1 Rosy brown · ΔE 23.5 Pale violetred · ΔE 23.9 Sienna · ΔE 25 Light coral · ΔE 26 Brown · ΔE 28.5

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 20.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#559E99

Analogous#9E557E, #9E7455

Triadic#5A9E55, #555A9E

Split complementary#559E75, #557E9E

Tetradic#7E9E55, #559E99, #75559E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E9D6D7

Lighter +30%#D7B5B7

Lighter +20%#C59497

Lighter +10%#B37377

Darker −10%#7D4347

Darker −20%#5C3134

Darker −30%#3B1F21

Darker −40%#190E0E

More saturated +25%#BC3740

Less saturated −25%#807374

Channel breakdown

R158

G85

B90

Red158 (62%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue90 (35.3%)

Hue355.89°

Saturation (HSL)30.04%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9E · G 55 · B 5A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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