Information about #951209 color

#951209 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#951209 falls into the Red Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(149, 18, 9) — 58.4% red, 7.1% green, 3.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 51 / 55 / 42. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #951209 reads as a intensely saturated red and sits comfortably between light and dark. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Spartan Crimson (#9E1316). Nearby in the Register you will also find Sangria (#92000A) and Blood (#8A0303).

In RGB terms — rgb(149, 18, 9) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 8.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.4:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#951209 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#951209 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#951209 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#951209 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#951209 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#951209 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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#094695
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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#8C9509
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #951209

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Spartan Crimson color link
Spartan Crimson

#9E1316

Sangria color link
Sangria

#92000A

Blood color link
Blood

#8A0303

Burnt Red color link
Burnt Red

#9F2305

Strawberry Jam color link
Strawberry Jam

#8B171A

Crimson Red color link
Crimson Red

#990000

Red Wine color link
Red Wine

#990012

Vibrant Ruby color link
Vibrant Ruby

#A7080D

Strong Scarlet color link
Strong Scarlet

#A81500

Cranberry color link
Cranberry

#9F000F

Rufous color link
Rufous

#A81C07

Rojo Spanish Red color link
Rojo Spanish Red

#A91101

#951209 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#951209
  • RGB149, 18, 9
  • CMYK0, 51, 55, 42
  • CSSrgb(149, 18, 9)
  • HSL4°, 89%, 31%
  • HSL Precise3.857°, 88.608%, 30.98%
  • HSV4°, 94%, 58%
  • HSB4°, 94%, 58%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.584
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.071
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.035
  • GLSLvec3(0.584, 0.071, 0.035)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.584, 0.071, 0.035, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.584, 0.071, 0.035)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB58.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB7.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB3.5%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID951209
  • DECIMAL ID9769481
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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