Recognised as Colour

#73242C

#73242C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#73242C is a red with RGB values 115, 36, 44 and HSL 354°, 52%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#73242C

RGBrgb(115, 36, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.1412, 0.1725

RGB percentages45.1%, 14.1%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(353.9, 52.3%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.9, 68.7%, 45.1%)

CMYK0%, 68.7%, 61.7%, 54.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,545,900

CSS custom property--colour: #73242C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05088WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.41:1

Contrast with white10.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#8CDBD3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#38352Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original

Deuteranopia#4C462Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Tritanopia#7E1327no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 24.3 Maroon · ΔE 27.2 Sienna · ΔE 27.9 Indian red · ΔE 29.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.1 Dark red · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 24.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#24736B

Analogous#732453, #734424

Triadic#2C7324, #242C73

Split complementary#247344, #245373

Tetradic#537324, #24736B, #442473

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DA8991

Lighter +30%#CE626D

Lighter +20%#C13C4A

Lighter +10%#9A303B

Darker −10%#4C181D

Darker −20%#250C0E

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#86111D

Less saturated −25%#60373B

Channel breakdown

R115

G36

B44

Red115 (45.1%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue353.92°

Saturation (HSL)52.32%

Lightness29.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 73 · G 24 · B 2C

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