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Recognised as Colour

#72183D

  • #72183D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#72183D is a red with RGB values 114, 24, 61 and HSL 335°, 65%, 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

#72183D#72183D
HEX#72183D
RGBrgb(114, 24, 61)
RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.0941, 0.2392
RGB percentages44.7%, 9.4%, 23.9%
HSLhsl(335.3, 65.2%, 27.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(335.3, 78.9%, 44.7%)
CMYK0%, 78.9%, 46.5%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,477,309
CSS custom property--colour: #72183D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04568WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.97:1
Contrast with white10.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#8DE7C2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2C313Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#45433Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7C0728no 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 text10.97:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 33.4Pale violetred · ΔE 35.3Indian red · ΔE 35.5Maroon · ΔE 38.1Medium violet red · ΔE 38.7Purple · ΔE 41.2
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 33.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#18724D
Analogous#72186A, #722018
Triadic#3D7218, #183D72
Split complementary#187220, #186A72
Tetradic#6A7218, #18724D, #201872

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E274A1
Lighter +30%#D94A85
Lighter +20%#C62A6A
Lighter +10%#9C2154
Darker −10%#480F26
Darker −20%#1E0610
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#83073A
Less saturated −25%#612940

Channel breakdown

R114
G24
B61
Red114 (44.7%)
Green24 (9.4%)
Blue61 (23.9%)
Hue335.33°
Saturation (HSL)65.22%
Lightness27.06%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 72 · G 18 · B 3D

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