Recognised as Colour

#720E1D

#720E1D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#720E1D is a red with RGB values 114, 14, 29 and HSL 351°, 78%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#720E1D

RGBrgb(114, 14, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.0549, 0.1137

RGB percentages44.7%, 5.5%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(351, 78.1%, 25.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351, 87.7%, 44.7%)

CMYK0%, 87.7%, 74.6%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,474,717

CSS custom property--colour: #720E1D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.69:1

Contrast with white11.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#8DF1E2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2E2B1Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original

Deuteranopia#47401Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original

Tritanopia#7E0015no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 19.2 Maroon · ΔE 19.3 Dark red · ΔE 23.7 Firebrick · ΔE 27.4 Sienna · ΔE 28.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 19.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E7263

Analogous#720E4F, #72310E

Triadic#1D720E, #0E1D72

Split complementary#0E7231, #0E4F72

Tetradic#4F720E, #0E7263, #310E72

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EC6075

Lighter +30%#E6334E

Lighter +20%#CD1934

Lighter +10%#9F1429

Darker −10%#450811

Darker −20%#170306

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#800013

Less saturated −25%#621E28

Channel breakdown

R114

G14

B29

Red114 (44.7%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue351°

Saturation (HSL)78.13%

Lightness25.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 72 · G 0E · B 1D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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