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Recognised as Colour

#9E596E

  • #9E596E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#9E596E is a red with RGB values 158, 89, 110 and HSL 342°, 28%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

#9E596E#9E596E
HEX#9E596E
RGBrgb(158, 89, 110)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.349, 0.4314
RGB percentages62%, 34.9%, 43.1%
HSLhsl(341.7, 27.9%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(341.7, 43.7%, 62%)
CMYK0%, 43.7%, 30.4%, 38%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,377,582
CSS custom property--colour: #9E596E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1554WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness116.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.11:1
Contrast with white5.11:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#696969
Inverted#61A691

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#63666Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#74736Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A85460no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.11:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.11:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 20.3Rosy brown · ΔE 23Indian red · ΔE 26.6Light coral · ΔE 29.9Dim grey · ΔE 31Gray · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 20.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#599E89
Analogous#9E5990, #9E6759
Triadic#6E9E59, #596E9E
Split complementary#599E67, #59909E
Tetradic#919E59, #599E89, #67599E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EAD9DE
Lighter +30%#D7B9C2
Lighter +20%#C598A6
Lighter +10%#B37789
Darker −10%#7D4757
Darker −20%#5D3441
Darker −30%#3C222A
Darker −40%#1C0F13
More saturated +25%#BD3A62
Less saturated −25%#7F787A

Channel breakdown

R158
G89
B110
Red158 (62%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue110 (43.1%)
Hue341.74°
Saturation (HSL)27.94%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 9E · G 59 · B 6E

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