Recognised as Colour

#740D0A

#740D0A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#740D0A is a red with RGB values 116, 13, 10 and HSL 2°, 84%, 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 Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#740D0A

RGBrgb(116, 13, 10)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.051, 0.0392

RGB percentages45.5%, 5.1%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(1.7, 84.1%, 24.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.7, 91.4%, 45.5%)

CMYK0%, 88.8%, 91.4%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,605,514

CSS custom property--colour: #740D0A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.64:1

Contrast with white11.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#8BF2F5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#312A08no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#494003no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original

Tritanopia#81000Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 9.1 Dark red · ΔE 14 Brown · ΔE 15.7 Firebrick · ΔE 21.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 23 Sienna · ΔE 24.2

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#0A7174

Analogous#740A3C, #74420A

Triadic#0A740D, #0D0A74

Split complementary#0A7442, #0A3C74

Tetradic#3C740A, #0A7174, #420A74

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F15E59

Lighter +30%#ED302A

Lighter +20%#D21812

Lighter +10%#A3120E

Darker −10%#450806

Darker −20%#160202

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7E0400

Less saturated −25%#641C1A

Channel breakdown

R116

G13

B10

Red116 (45.5%)

Green13 (5.1%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue1.7°

Saturation (HSL)84.13%

Lightness24.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 74 · G 0D · B 0A

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Colour values

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