Recognised as Colour

#740B1E

#740B1E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#740B1E is a red with RGB values 116, 11, 30 and HSL 349°, 83%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#740B1E

RGBrgb(116, 11, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.0431, 0.1176

RGB percentages45.5%, 4.3%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(349.1, 82.7%, 24.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349.1, 90.5%, 45.5%)

CMYK0%, 90.5%, 74.1%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,605,022

CSS custom property--colour: #740B1E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04046WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.61:1

Contrast with white11.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#8BF4E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2E2B1Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#48401Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Tritanopia#800014no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 18.7 Maroon · ΔE 19.2 Dark red · ΔE 23.4 Firebrick · ΔE 26.8 Sienna · ΔE 29.2 Indian red · ΔE 29.7

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 18.67, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B7461

Analogous#740B53, #742D0B

Triadic#1E740B, #0B1E74

Split complementary#0B742D, #0B5374

Tetradic#52740B, #0B7461, #2C0B74

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EF5C76

Lighter +30%#EB2D4F

Lighter +20%#D11436

Lighter +10%#A30F2A

Darker −10%#450712

Darker −20%#170206

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7F0017

Less saturated −25%#641B28

Channel breakdown

R116

G11

B30

Red116 (45.5%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue349.14°

Saturation (HSL)82.68%

Lightness24.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 74 · G 0B · B 1E

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