Recognised as Colour

#77272C

#77272C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#77272C is a red with RGB values 119, 39, 44 and HSL 356°, 51%, 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

#77272C#77272C

HEX#77272C

RGBrgb(119, 39, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.1529, 0.1725

RGB percentages46.7%, 15.3%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(356.3, 50.6%, 31%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.3, 67.2%, 46.7%)

CMYK0%, 67.2%, 63%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,808,812

CSS custom property--colour: #77272C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05555WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.95:1

Contrast with white9.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#88D8D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3B382Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#50492Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Tritanopia#831629no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 22.5 Maroon · ΔE 25.6 Sienna · ΔE 25.8 Indian red · ΔE 27.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 28.1 Dark red · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 22.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#277772

Analogous#772754, #774A27

Triadic#2C7727, #272C77

Split complementary#27774A, #275477

Tetradic#547727, #277772, #4A2777

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DA9094

Lighter +30%#CE696F

Lighter +20%#C1434B

Lighter +10%#9D343A

Darker −10%#511A1E

Darker −20%#2A0E10

Darker −30%#040101

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8B131B

Less saturated −25%#633B3D

Channel breakdown

R119

G39

B44

Red119 (46.7%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue356.25°

Saturation (HSL)50.63%

Lightness30.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 77 · G 27 · B 2C

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