Recognised as Colour

#701C15

#701C15
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#701C15 is a red with RGB values 112, 28, 21 and HSL 5°, 68%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#701C15

RGBrgb(112, 28, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.1098, 0.0824

RGB percentages43.9%, 11%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(4.6, 68.4%, 26.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(4.6, 81.3%, 43.9%)

CMYK0%, 75%, 81.2%, 56.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,347,221

CSS custom property--colour: #701C15;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04329WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.25:1

Contrast with white11.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#8FE3EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#352F13no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#4A4112no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original

Tritanopia#7C001Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 16.7 Brown · ΔE 19 Dark red · ΔE 21.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 21.9 Sienna · ΔE 22.4 Firebrick · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 16.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#156970

Analogous#70153B, #704A15

Triadic#15701C, #1C1570

Split complementary#15704A, #153B70

Tetradic#3B7015, #156970, #4A1570

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4766D

Lighter +30%#DC4E42

Lighter +20%#C63125

Lighter +10%#9B271D

Darker −10%#45110D

Darker −20%#1A0705

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#810E04

Less saturated −25%#5F2A26

Channel breakdown

R112

G28

B21

Red112 (43.9%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue4.62°

Saturation (HSL)68.42%

Lightness26.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 70 · G 1C · B 15

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