Colour

#9F484A

#9F484A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Indian red

#9F484A is a red with RGB values 159, 72, 74 and HSL 359°, 38%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#9F484A#9F484A

HEX#9F484A

RGBrgb(159, 72, 74)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.2824, 0.2902

RGB percentages62.4%, 28.2%, 29%

HSLhsl(358.6, 37.7%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.6, 54.7%, 62.4%)

CMYK0%, 54.7%, 53.5%, 37.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,438,730

CSS custom property--colour: #9F484A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.125WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness106 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6:1

Contrast with white6:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5B5B5B

Inverted#60B7B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C584Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#726A48no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original

Tritanopia#AD3B49no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original

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

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

Contrast with black, large text3.5:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 15.3 Brown · ΔE 20 Sienna · ΔE 20.5 Light coral · ΔE 25.2 Pale violetred · ΔE 26.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 15.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#489F9D

Analogous#9F4876, #9F7148

Triadic#4A9F48, #484A9F

Split complementary#489F71, #48769F

Tetradic#769F48, #489F9D, #71489F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8CBCC

Lighter +30%#D8A8A9

Lighter +20%#C88587

Lighter +10%#B86264

Darker −10%#7C383A

Darker −20%#592829

Darker −30%#361819

Darker −40%#130809

More saturated +25%#BC2B2E

Less saturated −25%#826566

Channel breakdown

R159

G72

B74

Red159 (62.4%)

Green72 (28.2%)

Blue74 (29%)

Hue358.62°

Saturation (HSL)37.66%

Lightness45.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 9F · G 48 · B 4A

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#9F484A

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else