Recognised as Colour

#72191C

#72191C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#72191C is a red with RGB values 114, 25, 28 and HSL 358°, 64%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#72191C

RGBrgb(114, 25, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.098, 0.1098

RGB percentages44.7%, 9.8%, 11%

HSLhsl(358, 64%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358, 78.1%, 44.7%)

CMYK0%, 78.1%, 75.4%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,477,532

CSS custom property--colour: #72191C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04357WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.22:1

Contrast with white11.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#8DE6E3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#332F1Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#494219no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Tritanopia#7E001Bno 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 text11.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 18.7 Brown · ΔE 19 Dark red · ΔE 23.3 Sienna · ΔE 25.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 25.8 Firebrick · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 18.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#19726F

Analogous#721949, #724319

Triadic#1C7219, #191C72

Split complementary#197243, #194972

Tetradic#497219, #19726F, #431972

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1767A

Lighter +30%#D84C51

Lighter +20%#C62B31

Lighter +10%#9C2226

Darker −10%#481012

Darker −20%#1E0707

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#83080C

Less saturated −25%#612A2C

Channel breakdown

R114

G25

B28

Red114 (44.7%)

Green25 (9.8%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue357.98°

Saturation (HSL)64.03%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 72 · G 19 · B 1C

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