Recognised as Colour

#77212F

#77212F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#77212F is a red with RGB values 119, 33, 47 and HSL 350°, 57%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#77212F#77212F

HEX#77212F

RGBrgb(119, 33, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.1294, 0.1843

RGB percentages46.7%, 12.9%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(350.2, 56.6%, 29.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.2, 72.3%, 46.7%)

CMYK0%, 72.3%, 60.5%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,807,279

CSS custom property--colour: #77212F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05215WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.28:1

Contrast with white10.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#88DED0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#37352Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#4D472Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Tritanopia#830D27no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 23.5 Maroon · ΔE 27.2 Indian red · ΔE 28.5 Sienna · ΔE 29.6 Dark red · ΔE 31.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 23.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#217769

Analogous#77215A, #773E21

Triadic#2F7721, #212F77

Split complementary#21773E, #215A77

Tetradic#5A7721, #217769, #3E2177

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DE8695

Lighter +30%#D25F71

Lighter +20%#C7374F

Lighter +10%#9F2C3F

Darker −10%#4F161F

Darker −20%#270B0F

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8A0E22

Less saturated −25%#64343C

Channel breakdown

R119

G33

B47

Red119 (46.7%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue350.23°

Saturation (HSL)56.58%

Lightness29.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 77 · G 21 · B 2F

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