Recognised as Colour

#74000B

#74000B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#74000B is a red with RGB values 116, 0, 11 and HSL 354°, 100%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#74000B#74000B

HEX#74000B

RGBrgb(116, 0, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0, 0.0431

RGB percentages45.5%, 0%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(354.3, 100%, 22.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.3, 100%, 45.5%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 90.5%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,602,187

CSS custom property--colour: #74000B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03737WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness63.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.02:1

Contrast with white12.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#191919

Inverted#8BFFF4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2D2709no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#473F04no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.8 from the original

Tritanopia#810006no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text12.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 9.1 Dark red · ΔE 13.9 Brown · ΔE 15.5 Firebrick · ΔE 21.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.1 Sienna · ΔE 26.8

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 9.12, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#007469

Analogous#740045, #742F00

Triadic#0B7400, #000B74

Split complementary#00742F, #004574

Tetradic#457400, #007469, #2F0074

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF4153

Lighter +30%#FF0E25

Lighter +20%#DA0015

Lighter +10%#A70010

Darker −10%#410006

Darker −20%#0E0001

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#74000B

Less saturated −25%#660E17

Channel breakdown

R116

B11

Red116 (45.5%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue354.31°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness22.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 74 · G 00 · B 0B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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