Colour

#75001A

#75001A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#75001A is a red with RGB values 117, 0, 26 and HSL 347°, 100%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#75001A#75001A

HEX#75001A

RGBrgb(117, 0, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0, 0.102

RGB percentages45.9%, 0%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(346.7, 100%, 22.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.7, 100%, 45.9%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 77.8%, 54.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,667,738

CSS custom property--colour: #75001A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03856WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness64.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.86:1

Contrast with white11.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#8AFFE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C281Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#473F16no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original

Tritanopia#82000Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 16.8 Brown · ΔE 17.4 Dark red · ΔE 21 Firebrick · ΔE 24.8 Sienna · ΔE 29.9 Indian red · ΔE 30.2

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 16.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00755B

Analogous#750054, #752100

Triadic#1A7500, #001A75

Split complementary#007521, #005475

Tetradic#547500, #00755B, #210075

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF426C

Lighter +30%#FF0F44

Lighter +20%#DB0031

Lighter +10%#A80025

Darker −10%#42000F

Darker −20%#0F0003

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#75001A

Less saturated −25%#660F22

Channel breakdown

R117

B26

Red117 (45.9%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue346.67°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness22.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 75 · G 00 · B 1A

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