Recognised as Colour

#752A2F

#752A2F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#752A2F is a red with RGB values 117, 42, 47 and HSL 356°, 47%, 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

#752A2F#752A2F

HEX#752A2F

RGBrgb(117, 42, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.1647, 0.1843

RGB percentages45.9%, 16.5%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(356, 47.2%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356, 64.1%, 45.9%)

CMYK0%, 64.1%, 59.8%, 54.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,678,511

CSS custom property--colour: #752A2F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05643WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.87:1

Contrast with white9.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#8AD5D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3C392Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#4F492Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original

Tritanopia#801C2Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 24.8 Sienna · ΔE 26.6 Maroon · ΔE 28.2 Indian red · ΔE 28.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.1 Dark red · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 24.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A7570

Analogous#752A54, #754B2A

Triadic#2F752A, #2A2F75

Split complementary#2A754A, #2A5575

Tetradic#55752A, #2A7570, #4B2A75

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D89397

Lighter +30%#CB6D74

Lighter +20%#BD4850

Lighter +10%#9B373E

Darker −10%#4F1D20

Darker −20%#2A0F11

Darker −30%#040202

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#89161E

Less saturated −25%#613E40

Channel breakdown

R117

G42

B47

Red117 (45.9%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue356°

Saturation (HSL)47.17%

Lightness31.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 75 · G 2A · B 2F

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