Recognised as Colour

#9F173E

#9F173E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#9F173E is a red with RGB values 159, 23, 62 and HSL 343°, 75%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#9F173E

RGBrgb(159, 23, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.0902, 0.2431

RGB percentages62.4%, 9%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(342.8, 74.7%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.8, 85.5%, 62.4%)

CMYK0%, 85.5%, 61%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,426,174

CSS custom property--colour: #9F173E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08332WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness91.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.88:1

Contrast with white7.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#60E8C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#40403Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 57.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#635B3Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.3 from the original

Tritanopia#AF0029no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text7.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 17.4 Indian red · ΔE 22.6 Firebrick · ΔE 24 Maroon · ΔE 26.5 Dark red · ΔE 28.2 Crimson · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 17.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#179F78

Analogous#9F1782, #9F3417

Triadic#3E9F17, #173E9F

Split complementary#179F34, #17829F

Tetradic#829F17, #179F78, #34179F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EF93AD

Lighter +30%#E9668C

Lighter +20%#E23A6A

Lighter +10%#CC1D4F

Darker −10%#72112D

Darker −20%#460A1B

Darker −30%#19040A

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#B60034

Less saturated −25%#882E48

Channel breakdown

R159

G23

B62

Red159 (62.4%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue342.79°

Saturation (HSL)74.73%

Lightness35.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9F · G 17 · B 3E

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