Recognised as Colour

#70121B

#70121B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#70121B is a red with RGB values 112, 18, 27 and HSL 354°, 72%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#70121B

RGBrgb(112, 18, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.0706, 0.1059

RGB percentages43.9%, 7.1%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(354.3, 72.3%, 25.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.3, 83.9%, 43.9%)

CMYK0%, 83.9%, 75.9%, 56.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,344,667

CSS custom property--colour: #70121B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03956WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness63.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.72:1

Contrast with white11.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#272727

Inverted#8FEDE4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2F2B1Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original

Deuteranopia#473F18no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.7 from the original

Tritanopia#7C0016no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 18.9 Brown · ΔE 19.4 Dark red · ΔE 23.5 Sienna · ΔE 27.2 Firebrick · ΔE 27.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 18.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#127067

Analogous#70124A, #703812

Triadic#1B7012, #121B70

Split complementary#127038, #124A70

Tetradic#4A7012, #127067, #381270

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E76774

Lighter +30%#E03B4B

Lighter +20%#C82030

Lighter +10%#9C1926

Darker −10%#440B10

Darker −20%#180406

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#80020E

Less saturated −25%#602228

Channel breakdown

R112

G18

B27

Red112 (43.9%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue354.26°

Saturation (HSL)72.31%

Lightness25.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 70 · G 12 · B 1B

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