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Recognised as Colour

#740B35

  • #740B35
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#740B35 is a red with RGB values 116, 11, 53 and HSL 336°, 83%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#740B35#740B35
HEX#740B35
RGBrgb(116, 11, 53)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.0431, 0.2078
RGB percentages45.5%, 4.3%, 20.8%
HSLhsl(336, 82.7%, 24.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(336, 90.5%, 45.5%)
CMYK0%, 90.5%, 54.3%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,605,045
CSS custom property--colour: #740B35;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04209WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness66.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.4:1
Contrast with white11.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#242424
Inverted#8BF4CA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2A2D36no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#454133no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Tritanopia#7F001Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 29.6Maroon · ΔE 33.8Indian red · ΔE 34Pale violetred · ΔE 36.4Dark red · ΔE 37.5Firebrick · ΔE 38
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 29.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0B744A
Analogous#740B6A, #74160B
Triadic#35740B, #0B3574
Split complementary#0B7416, #0B6A74
Tetradic#6A740B, #0B744A, #150B74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EF5C97
Lighter +30%#EB2D79
Lighter +20%#D11460
Lighter +10%#A30F4A
Darker −10%#450720
Darker −20%#17020A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#7F0033
Less saturated −25%#641B38

Channel breakdown

R116
G11
B53
Red116 (45.5%)
Green11 (4.3%)
Blue53 (20.8%)
Hue336°
Saturation (HSL)82.68%
Lightness24.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 74 · G 0B · B 35

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