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Recognised as Colour

#74293B

  • #74293B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#74293B is a red with RGB values 116, 41, 59 and HSL 346°, 48%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#74293B#74293B
HEX#74293B
RGBrgb(116, 41, 59)
RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.1608, 0.2314
RGB percentages45.5%, 16.1%, 23.1%
HSLhsl(345.6, 47.8%, 30.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(345.6, 64.7%, 45.5%)
CMYK0%, 64.7%, 49.1%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,612,731
CSS custom property--colour: #74293B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05615WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.89:1
Contrast with white9.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#8BD6C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#393A3Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#4D4939no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7E1F30no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 30.1Indian red · ΔE 31.4Sienna · ΔE 33.7Pale violetred · ΔE 34.4Maroon · ΔE 34.8Saddle brown · ΔE 36.9
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 30.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#297462
Analogous#742960, #743D29
Triadic#3B7429, #293B74
Split complementary#29743D, #296074
Tetradic#607429, #297462, #3D2974

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D891A2
Lighter +30%#CB6B82
Lighter +20%#BD4662
Lighter +10%#9A364E
Darker −10%#4E1C28
Darker −20%#290E15
Darker −30%#030102
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#881531
Less saturated −25%#603D45

Channel breakdown

R116
G41
B59
Red116 (45.5%)
Green41 (16.1%)
Blue59 (23.1%)
Hue345.6°
Saturation (HSL)47.77%
Lightness30.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 74 · G 29 · B 3B

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