Closest named color · ΔE 0.67
#9C1908
Closest named color · ΔE 0.67
#9C1908
Does it pop as a button? Stay readable as a background? Survive at badge size?
If an entire site used it as the primary color, it would feel like this —
Body copy goes here. The primary drives buttons and links, tints fill backgrounds, text uses the highest-contrast color.
Get startedHarmonious schemes generated from color theory.
How this color performs against black and white text.
White text on this background
Aa Ratio 8.22:1
Black text on this background
Aa Ratio 2.56:1
:root {
--color: #9C1908;
--color-rgb: 156, 25, 8;
--color-hsl: 6.9, 90.2%, 32.2%;
}
.bg-color { background-color: #9C1908; }
.text-on-color { color: #ffffff; }
.border-color { border-color: #9C1908; }
.gradient {
background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, #9C1908 0%, 990000 100%);
}Nearest official code in each standard system, ranked by CIEDE2000.
Official color from public brand materials (simple-icons CC0 dataset)
What the ancients would have called this color.
The same color, as named in Japanese tradition.
Based on the Machado (2009) model - see how this color appears to 8 types of color vision.
Normal vision
#9C1908
Standard trichromatic vision with all three cone types functioning.
Protanomaly
#5B2107
Abnormal L cone sensitivity (~1% of men). Weakened red perception.
Protanopia
#302607
Missing L cones (~1% of men). Reds are hard to perceive.
Deuteranomaly
#6D2F07
Abnormal M cone sensitivity (~6% of men). The most common deficiency.
Deuteranopia
#4D3D07
Missing M cones (~1% of men). Reds and greens are confused.
Tritanomaly
#B2110F
Abnormal S cone sensitivity (extremely rare). Weakened blue-yellow perception.
Tritanopia
#C10C14
Missing S cones (extremely rare). Blues and yellows are confused.
Achromatomaly
#692D26
Severely weakened color vision (~0.001%). Colors appear washed out.
Achromatopsia
#343434
No color vision at all (~0.003%). The world is shades of grey.
Closest names by CIEDE2000 perceptual distance.
Colors one step away in the RGB space — each with its own profile page.
Common derivatives of this color: lighter / darker / more saturated / less saturated, plus inverted, grayscale, web-safe and the nearest HTML named color. Click any to open its page.
Copy-paste snippets: foreground text, background, text shadow and a complementary gradient.
Text readability sample
color: #9C1908;Text readability sample
background-color: #9C1908;Text readability sample
text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.15em #9C1908;linear-gradient(90deg, #9C1908, #088B9C)Drag hue, saturation and lightness to preview live - find the version that feels right.
This is the color with hex code #9C1908. Its RGB channels are 156, 25, 8; the closest human-readable name is "Totem Pole" (ΔE 0.67, CIEDE2000).
#9C1908 is rgb(156, 25, 8) in RGB, hsl(6.9, 90.2%, 32.2%) in HSL and cmyk(0%, 84%, 94.9%, 38.8%) in CMYK.
Its complement #088B9C works best, along with triadic and analogous harmonies - see the harmony section below to copy full palettes.
Contrast with black text is 2.56:1 and with white text 8.22:1. WCAG 2.1 requires at least 4.5:1 for body text (AA) and 3:1 for large text.