Recognised as Colour

#72061D

#72061D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#72061D is a red with RGB values 114, 6, 29 and HSL 347°, 90%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#72061D

RGBrgb(114, 6, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.0235, 0.1137

RGB percentages44.7%, 2.4%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(347.2, 90%, 23.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347.2, 94.7%, 44.7%)

CMYK0%, 94.7%, 74.6%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,472,669

CSS custom property--colour: #72061D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03796WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness63.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.94:1

Contrast with white11.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#8DF9E2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C291Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#463F19no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original

Tritanopia#7E0011no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 19.4 Maroon · ΔE 19.6 Dark red · ΔE 23.9 Firebrick · ΔE 27.4 Sienna · ΔE 30.2 Indian red · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 19.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#06725B

Analogous#720653, #722506

Triadic#1D7206, #061D72

Split complementary#067225, #065372

Tetradic#537206, #06725B, #250672

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F64E72

Lighter +30%#F31E4B

Lighter +20%#D30B36

Lighter +10%#A20929

Darker −10%#420311

Darker −20%#110104

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#78001A

Less saturated −25%#631526

Channel breakdown

R114

B29

Red114 (44.7%)

Green6 (2.4%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue347.22°

Saturation (HSL)90%

Lightness23.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 72 · G 06 · B 1D

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