Recognised as Colour

#701C1E

#701C1E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#701C1E is a red with RGB values 112, 28, 30 and HSL 359°, 60%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#701C1E#701C1E

HEX#701C1E

RGBrgb(112, 28, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.4392, 0.1098, 0.1176

RGB percentages43.9%, 11%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(358.6, 60%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.6, 75%, 43.9%)

CMYK0%, 75%, 73.2%, 56.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,347,230

CSS custom property--colour: #701C1E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04369WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.21:1

Contrast with white11.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#8FE3E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#342F1Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#49421Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original

Tritanopia#7C001Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 20.7 Maroon · ΔE 20.8 Sienna · ΔE 25.3 Dark red · ΔE 25.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.1 Firebrick · ΔE 29.4

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 20.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C706E

Analogous#701C48, #70441C

Triadic#1E701C, #1C1E70

Split complementary#1C7044, #1C4870

Tetradic#48701C, #1C706E, #441C70

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DE7A7D

Lighter +30%#D45155

Lighter +20%#C23034

Lighter +10%#992629

Darker −10%#471213

Darker −20%#1E0808

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#820B0D

Less saturated −25%#5F2E2F

Channel breakdown

R112

G28

B30

Red112 (43.9%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue358.57°

Saturation (HSL)60%

Lightness27.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 70 · G 1C · B 1E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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