Recognised as Colour
#712C49
- #712C49
- Red
- Dark
- Nearest: Pale violetred
#712C49 is a red with RGB values 113, 44, 73 and HSL 335°, 44%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.
Colour values
#712C49#712C49
HEX#712C49
RGBrgb(113, 44, 73)
RGB (0–1)0.4431, 0.1725, 0.2863
RGB percentages44.3%, 17.3%, 28.6%
HSLhsl(334.8, 43.9%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(334.8, 61.1%, 44.3%)
CMYK0%, 61.1%, 35.4%, 55.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,416,905
CSS custom property--colour: #712C49;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.05793WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness74.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.73:1
Contrast with white9.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#8ED3B6
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#2C7154
Analogous#712C6B, #71322C
Triadic#49712C, #2C4971
Split complementary#2C7132, #2C6B71
Tetradic#6B712C, #2C7154, #322C71
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R113
G44
B73
Red113 (44.3%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue73 (28.6%)
Hue334.78°
Saturation (HSL)43.95%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 71 · G 2C · B 49
Keep nerding
Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.
Harmonies
Similar named colours
Nerdulate something else
Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page