#94271E

sRGB · 148 / 39 / 30

#94271E belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 148 red, 39 green and 30 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 4.6° lands in the red region. Its 66.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 34.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (8.18:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 148, 39, 30
HSL: 4.58°, 66.29%, 34.90%
HSV / HSB: 4.58°, 79.73%, 58.04%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 73.65%, 79.73%, 41.96%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 13.172, 7.842, 2.048
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 33.651, 44.736, 32.417
WCAG relative luminance: 0.07841
24-bit decimal: 9709342

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #94271E in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 2.57:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 8.18:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#1E8B94 sits half a turn (180°) from #94271E on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#94271E #1E8B94

Analogous

#941E50 and #94621E sit 30° to either side of #94271E. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#941E50 #94271E #94621E

Triadic

#94271E, #1E9427 and #271E94 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#94271E #1E9427 #271E94

Split complementary

Start at #94271E and look across the wheel. #1E9462 and #1E5094 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#94271E #1E9462 #1E5094

Square

Starting with #94271E, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #50941E, #1E8B94, then #621E94. Across the square, #94271E pairs with #1E8B94, and #50941E with #621E94.

#94271E #50941E #1E8B94 #621E94

Tetradic

#94271E and #1E8B94 are opposites, as are #8B941E and #271E94. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#94271E #8B941E #1E8B94 #271E94

Tints

Mixing #94271E with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A9524B, keeps 80% of the original. By #EAD4D2, the mixture is 80% white.

#94271E #A9524B #BF7D78 #D4A9A5 #EAD4D2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #94271E with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #761F18, keeps 80% of the original. By #1E0806, the mixture is 80% black.

#94271E #761F18 #591712 #3B100C #1E0806 #000000

Tones

Mixing #94271E with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #903932, keeps 80% of the original. By #846E6C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#94271E #903932 #8C4B45 #885C59 #846E6C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#94271E

RGB

rgb(148 39 30)

HSL

hsl(4.576 66.292% 34.902%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #94271E;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#94271E uses 148 red, 39 green and 30 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 58.0%

Green 15.3%

Blue 11.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #94271E is 0.0% cyan, 73.6% magenta, 79.7% yellow and 42.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 73.6%

Yellow 79.7%

Black 42.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #992222. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #922 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #94271E when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #993333, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #992222 Nearest web-safe · #993333

Gradient to complement

#94271E #803832 #6D4845 #595959 #456A6D #327A80 #1E8B94

Color vision previews

Compare how #94271E appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#47401C

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#625819

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#A30026

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#6B3C1B

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#734B1A

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#952523

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#4F4F4F

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#783F3C

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.29614 G 0.02029 B 0.01298

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.53429 G 0.18785 B 0.14441

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.24716 G 0.02945 B 0.01835

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.571 y 0.340 Y 7.842

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 41.961 M % 84.706 Y % 88.235

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10010100 00100111 00011110