Colour

#700A09

#700A09
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#700A09 is a red with RGB values 112, 10, 9 and HSL 1°, 85%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#700A09#700A09

HEX#700A09

RGBrgb(112, 10, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.0392, 0.0353

RGB percentages43.9%, 3.9%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(0.6, 85.1%, 23.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0.6, 92%, 43.9%)

CMYK0%, 91.1%, 92%, 56.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,342,601

CSS custom property--colour: #700A09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness61.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.09:1

Contrast with white12.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#8FF5F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2E2807no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#463E03no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.3 from the original

Tritanopia#7C000Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 10.5 Dark red · ΔE 15.5 Brown · ΔE 17 Firebrick · ΔE 23.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 23.8 Sienna · ΔE 25.1

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 10.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#096F70

Analogous#70093C, #703D09

Triadic#09700A, #0A0970

Split complementary#09703D, #093B70

Tetradic#3C7009, #096F70, #3E0970

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F15554

Lighter +30%#ED2725

Lighter +20%#CE1211

Lighter +10%#9F0E0D

Darker −10%#410605

Darker −20%#120201

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#790100

Less saturated −25%#611918

Channel breakdown

R112

G10

Red112 (43.9%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue0.58°

Saturation (HSL)85.12%

Lightness23.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 70 · G 0A · B 09

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