Recognised as Colour

#76172F

#76172F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#76172F is a red with RGB values 118, 23, 47 and HSL 345°, 67%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#76172F#76172F

HEX#76172F

RGBrgb(118, 23, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.0902, 0.1843

RGB percentages46.3%, 9%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(344.8, 67.4%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.8, 80.5%, 46.3%)

CMYK0%, 80.5%, 60.2%, 53.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,739,183

CSS custom property--colour: #76172F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0467WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.86:1

Contrast with white10.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D

Inverted#89E8D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#31312Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#49442Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original

Tritanopia#820021no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 24.5 Maroon · ΔE 28.2 Indian red · ΔE 30.1 Dark red · ΔE 32.2 Sienna · ΔE 33.2 Firebrick · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 24.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#17765E

Analogous#76175E, #762F17

Triadic#2F7617, #172F76

Split complementary#17762F, #175E76

Tetradic#5E7617, #17765E, #2F1776

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E47591

Lighter +30%#DC4A6F

Lighter +20%#CB2851

Lighter +10%#A11F40

Darker −10%#4B0F1E

Darker −20%#21060D

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#880526

Less saturated −25%#642938

Channel breakdown

R118

G23

B47

Red118 (46.3%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue344.84°

Saturation (HSL)67.38%

Lightness27.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 76 · G 17 · B 2F

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