Recognised as Colour

#76251E

#76251E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#76251E is a red with RGB values 118, 37, 30 and HSL 5°, 59%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#76251E

RGBrgb(118, 37, 30)

RGB (0–1)0.4627, 0.1451, 0.1176

RGB percentages46.3%, 14.5%, 11.8%

HSLhsl(4.8, 59.5%, 29%)

HSV / HSBhsv(4.8, 74.6%, 46.3%)

CMYK0%, 68.6%, 74.6%, 53.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,742,750

CSS custom property--colour: #76251E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05268WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.23:1

Contrast with white10.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#89DAE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3B361Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#50471Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Tritanopia#820F24no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 19 Maroon · ΔE 19.3 Sienna · ΔE 20.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 21.5 Dark red · ΔE 23.6 Firebrick · ΔE 27.6

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 18.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1E6F76

Analogous#761E43, #76511E

Triadic#1E7625, #251E76

Split complementary#1E7651, #1E4376

Tetradic#43761E, #1E6F76, #511E76

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DF8981

Lighter +30%#D56258

Lighter +20%#C73E33

Lighter +10%#9F3228

Darker −10%#4D1814

Darker −20%#250C09

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#89150C

Less saturated −25%#643531

Channel breakdown

R118

G37

B30

Red118 (46.3%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue30 (11.8%)

Hue4.77°

Saturation (HSL)59.46%

Lightness29.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 76 · G 25 · B 1E

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