Recognised as Colour

#742D26

#742D26
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#742D26 is a red with RGB values 116, 45, 38 and HSL 5°, 51%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#742D26

RGBrgb(116, 45, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.1765, 0.149

RGB percentages45.5%, 17.6%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(5.4, 50.6%, 30.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.4, 67.2%, 45.5%)

CMYK0%, 61.2%, 67.2%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,613,734

CSS custom property--colour: #742D26;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0573WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.79:1

Contrast with white9.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#8BD2D9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3F3A25no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#514924no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Tritanopia#7F1F2Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 21.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 22.8 Brown · ΔE 23.3 Maroon · ΔE 25 Indian red · ΔE 28.5 Dark red · ΔE 29.2

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 21.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#266D74

Analogous#742646, #745426

Triadic#26742D, #2D2674

Split complementary#267454, #264674

Tetradic#467426, #266D74, #542674

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9938D

Lighter +30%#CD6F66

Lighter +20%#C04B40

Lighter +10%#9A3C33

Darker −10%#4E1E19

Darker −20%#270F0D

Darker −30%#010000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#871D13

Less saturated −25%#613D39

Channel breakdown

R116

G45

B38

Red116 (45.5%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue5.38°

Saturation (HSL)50.65%

Lightness30.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 74 · G 2D · B 26

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