Recognised as Colour

#73373C

#73373C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#73373C is a red with RGB values 115, 55, 60 and HSL 355°, 35%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#73373C

RGBrgb(115, 55, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.451, 0.2157, 0.2353

RGB percentages45.1%, 21.6%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(355, 35.3%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355, 52.2%, 45.1%)

CMYK0%, 52.2%, 47.8%, 54.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,550,780

CSS custom property--colour: #73373C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06703WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.97:1

Contrast with white8.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#444444

Inverted#8CC8C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#44423Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original

Deuteranopia#534E3Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Tritanopia#7D2F39no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 29.4 Indian red · ΔE 31.4 Dim grey · ΔE 31.4 Brown · ΔE 31.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.4 Rosy brown · ΔE 34.1

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 29.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#37736E

Analogous#73375A, #735037

Triadic#3C7337, #373C73

Split complementary#377350, #375A73

Tetradic#5A7337, #37736E, #503773

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D3A3A7

Lighter +30%#C38186

Lighter +20%#B25E65

Lighter +10%#95484E

Darker −10%#51272A

Darker −20%#2E1618

Darker −30%#0C0606

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#88222A

Less saturated −25%#5E4C4E

Channel breakdown

R115

G55

B60

Red115 (45.1%)

Green55 (21.6%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue355°

Saturation (HSL)35.29%

Lightness33.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 73 · G 37 · B 3C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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