Recognised as Colour

#75240E

#75240E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#75240E is a red with RGB values 117, 36, 14 and HSL 13°, 79%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#75240E#75240E

HEX#75240E

RGBrgb(117, 36, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.1412, 0.0549

RGB percentages45.9%, 14.1%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(12.8, 78.6%, 25.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.8, 88%, 45.9%)

CMYK0%, 69.2%, 88%, 54.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,676,942

CSS custom property--colour: #75240E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.42:1

Contrast with white10.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#8ADBF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3C340Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#50460Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original

Tritanopia#810A20no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 14.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 15.7 Sienna · ΔE 17.9 Brown · ΔE 18.7 Dark red · ΔE 18.8 Firebrick · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 14.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E5F75

Analogous#750E2C, #75580E

Triadic#0E7524, #240E75

Split complementary#0E7558, #0E2B75

Tetradic#2B750E, #0E5F75, #580E75

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EC8063

Lighter +30%#E75B35

Lighter +20%#D04019

Lighter +10%#A33213

Darker −10%#471609

Darker −20%#1A0803

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#831C00

Less saturated −25%#652D1E

Channel breakdown

R117

G36

B14

Red117 (45.9%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue12.82°

Saturation (HSL)78.63%

Lightness25.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 75 · G 24 · B 0E

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#75240E

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else