Recognised as Colour

#722C19

#722C19
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#722C19 is a red with RGB values 114, 44, 25 and HSL 13°, 64%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#722C19#722C19

HEX#722C19

RGBrgb(114, 44, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.4471, 0.1725, 0.098

RGB percentages44.7%, 17.3%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(12.8, 64%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.8, 78.1%, 44.7%)

CMYK0%, 61.4%, 78.1%, 55.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,482,393

CSS custom property--colour: #722C19;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05449WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.05:1

Contrast with white10.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#8DD3E6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3F3817no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#514817no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.8 from the original

Tritanopia#7E1C28no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 16.9 Sienna · ΔE 17.9 Maroon · ΔE 21.4 Brown · ΔE 22.4 Dark red · ΔE 25.4 Indian red · ΔE 30

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 16.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#195F72

Analogous#721932, #725919

Triadic#19722C, #2C1972

Split complementary#197258, #193372

Tetradic#337219, #195F72, #581972

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E18D76

Lighter +30%#D86A4C

Lighter +20%#C64C2B

Lighter +10%#9C3C22

Darker −10%#481C10

Darker −20%#1E0C07

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#832208

Less saturated −25%#61362A

Channel breakdown

R114

G44

B25

Red114 (44.7%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue12.81°

Saturation (HSL)64.03%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 72 · G 2C · B 19

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Colour values

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