Recognised as Colour

#72173C

#72173C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#72173C is a red with RGB values 114, 23, 60 and HSL 336°, 66%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#72173C

RGBrgb(114, 23, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.0902, 0.2353

RGB percentages44.7%, 9%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(335.6, 66.4%, 26.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(335.6, 79.8%, 44.7%)

CMYK0%, 79.8%, 47.4%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,477,052

CSS custom property--colour: #72173C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.03:1

Contrast with white11.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#8DE8C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C313Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#45423Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original

Tritanopia#7C0527no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 33 Indian red · ΔE 35.3 Pale violetred · ΔE 35.5 Maroon · ΔE 37.6 Medium violet red · ΔE 38.8 Sienna · ΔE 41.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#17724D

Analogous#721769, #722017

Triadic#3C7217, #173C72

Split complementary#177220, #176972

Tetradic#697217, #17724D, #201772

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E372A0

Lighter +30%#DA4883

Lighter +20%#C72869

Lighter +10%#9C2052

Darker −10%#480E26

Darker −20%#1D060F

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#830639

Less saturated −25%#61283F

Channel breakdown

R114

G23

B60

Red114 (44.7%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue335.6°

Saturation (HSL)66.42%

Lightness26.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 72 · G 17 · B 3C

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