Recognised as Colour

#73162A

#73162A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#73162A is a red with RGB values 115, 22, 42 and HSL 347°, 68%, 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 Brown.

Colour values

#73162A#73162A

HEX#73162A

RGBrgb(115, 22, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.0863, 0.1647

RGB percentages45.1%, 8.6%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(347.1, 67.9%, 26.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347.1, 80.9%, 45.1%)

CMYK0%, 80.9%, 63.5%, 54.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,542,314

CSS custom property--colour: #73162A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04386WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.19:1

Contrast with white11.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#8CE9D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#302F2Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#484228no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Tritanopia#7F001Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 23.6 Maroon · ΔE 26.4 Indian red · ΔE 30.3 Dark red · ΔE 30.5 Sienna · ΔE 31.8 Firebrick · ΔE 32.5

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 23.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#16735F

Analogous#731658, #733116

Triadic#2A7316, #162A73

Split complementary#167331, #165873

Tetradic#587316, #16735F, #311673

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4718A

Lighter +30%#DC4666

Lighter +20%#C92649

Lighter +10%#9E1E3A

Darker −10%#480E1A

Darker −20%#1D060B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#840520

Less saturated −25%#622734

Channel breakdown

R115

G22

B42

Red115 (45.1%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue347.1°

Saturation (HSL)67.88%

Lightness26.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 73 · G 16 · B 2A

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