Recognised as Colour

#73161B

#73161B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#73161B is a red with RGB values 115, 22, 27 and HSL 357°, 68%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#73161B#73161B

HEX#73161B

RGBrgb(115, 22, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.0863, 0.1059

RGB percentages45.1%, 8.6%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(356.8, 67.9%, 26.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.8, 80.9%, 45.1%)

CMYK0%, 80.9%, 76.5%, 54.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,542,299

CSS custom property--colour: #73161B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04298WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.29:1

Contrast with white11.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#8CE9E4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#322E1Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original

Deuteranopia#494218no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.2 from the original

Tritanopia#7F0019no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 17.7 Brown · ΔE 18.1 Dark red · ΔE 22.2 Sienna · ΔE 25.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.2 Firebrick · ΔE 26.4

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 17.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#16736E

Analogous#73164A, #733F16

Triadic#1B7316, #161B73

Split complementary#16733F, #164A73

Tetradic#4A7316, #16736E, #401673

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E47177

Lighter +30%#DC464E

Lighter +20%#C9262F

Lighter +10%#9E1E25

Darker −10%#480E11

Darker −20%#1D0607

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#84050C

Less saturated −25%#62272A

Channel breakdown

R115

G22

B27

Red115 (45.1%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue356.77°

Saturation (HSL)67.88%

Lightness26.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 73 · G 16 · B 1B

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