Recognised as Colour

#72120C

#72120C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#72120C is a red with RGB values 114, 18, 12 and HSL 4°, 81%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#72120C#72120C

HEX#72120C

RGBrgb(114, 18, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.0706, 0.0471

RGB percentages44.7%, 7.1%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(3.5, 81%, 24.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3.5, 89.5%, 44.7%)

CMYK0%, 84.2%, 89.5%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,475,724

CSS custom property--colour: #72120C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04037WCAG 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 11.62:1

Contrast with white11.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#262626

Inverted#8DEDF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#312B0Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#494006no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original

Tritanopia#7E0012no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 11.1 Dark red · ΔE 15.9 Brown · ΔE 16.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 22.2 Firebrick · ΔE 23.1 Sienna · ΔE 23.4

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 11.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C6C72

Analogous#720C39, #72450C

Triadic#0C7212, #120C72

Split complementary#0C7245, #0C3972

Tetradic#39720C, #0C6C72, #450C72

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EE655C

Lighter +30%#E9392E

Lighter +20%#CE2116

Lighter +10%#A01911

Darker −10%#440B07

Darker −20%#160302

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7E0700

Less saturated −25%#62201C

Channel breakdown

R114

G18

B12

Red114 (44.7%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue3.53°

Saturation (HSL)80.95%

Lightness24.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 72 · G 12 · B 0C

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