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Recognised as Colour

#712B42

  • #712B42
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#712B42 is a red with RGB values 113, 43, 66 and HSL 340°, 45%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Indian red.

Colour values

#712B42#712B42
HEX#712B42
RGBrgb(113, 43, 66)
RGB (0–1)0.4431, 0.1686, 0.2588
RGB percentages44.3%, 16.9%, 25.9%
HSLhsl(340.3, 44.9%, 30.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(340.3, 61.9%, 44.3%)
CMYK0%, 61.9%, 41.6%, 55.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,416,642
CSS custom property--colour: #712B42;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05632WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.88:1
Contrast with white9.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#8ED4BD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#383B43no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#4A4840no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Tritanopia#7A2434no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Indian red · ΔE 34.4Pale violetred · ΔE 34.4Brown · ΔE 34.6Dim grey · ΔE 37Sienna · ΔE 37.7Rosy brown · ΔE 39.1
Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 34.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2B715A
Analogous#712B65, #71372B
Triadic#42712B, #2B4271
Split complementary#2B7137, #2B6571
Tetradic#65712B, #2B715A, #372B71

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D692A8
Lighter +30%#C86D8B
Lighter +20%#BA486E
Lighter +10%#963958
Darker −10%#4C1D2C
Darker −20%#270F17
Darker −30%#020101
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#84183B
Less saturated −25%#5E3F49

Channel breakdown

R113
G43
B66
Red113 (44.3%)
Green43 (16.9%)
Blue66 (25.9%)
Hue340.29°
Saturation (HSL)44.87%
Lightness30.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 71 · G 2B · B 42

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