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Recognised as Colour

#72173D

  • #72173D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#72173D is a red with RGB values 114, 23, 61 and HSL 335°, 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

#72173D#72173D
HEX#72173D
RGBrgb(114, 23, 61)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.0902, 0.2392
RGB percentages44.7%, 9%, 23.9%
HSLhsl(334.9, 66.4%, 26.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(334.9, 79.8%, 44.7%)
CMYK0%, 79.8%, 46.5%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,477,053
CSS custom property--colour: #72173D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04527WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.02:1
Contrast with white11.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#8DE8C2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2C313Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#44423Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7C0528no 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 text11.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 33.5Pale violetred · ΔE 35.4Indian red · ΔE 35.7Maroon · ΔE 38.3Medium violet red · ΔE 38.4Purple · ΔE 40.9
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 33.54, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#17724C
Analogous#72176B, #721F17
Triadic#3D7217, #173D72
Split complementary#17721F, #176A72
Tetradic#6A7217, #17724C, #1E1772

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E372A1
Lighter +30%#DA4885
Lighter +20%#C7286A
Lighter +10%#9C2054
Darker −10%#480E26
Darker −20%#1D0610
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#83063A
Less saturated −25%#612840

Channel breakdown

R114
G23
B61
Red114 (44.7%)
Green23 (9%)
Blue61 (23.9%)
Hue334.95°
Saturation (HSL)66.42%
Lightness26.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 72 · G 17 · B 3D

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