Recognised as Colour

#772B16

#772B16
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#772B16 is a red with RGB values 119, 43, 22 and HSL 13°, 69%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#772B16

RGBrgb(119, 43, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.1686, 0.0863

RGB percentages46.7%, 16.9%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(13, 68.8%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(13, 81.5%, 46.7%)

CMYK0%, 63.9%, 81.5%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,809,814

CSS custom property--colour: #772B16;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05708WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.81:1

Contrast with white9.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#88D4E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#403913no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#534A13no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original

Tritanopia#831827no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 15.1 Sienna · ΔE 16.4 Maroon · ΔE 18.1 Brown · ΔE 19.7 Dark red · ΔE 22 Firebrick · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 15.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#166277

Analogous#771631, #775B16

Triadic#16772B, #2B1677

Split complementary#16775C, #163177

Tetradic#327716, #166277, #5C1677

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E58C74

Lighter +30%#DD6949

Lighter +20%#CD4A26

Lighter +10%#A23B1E

Darker −10%#4C1B0E

Darker −20%#210C06

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#892104

Less saturated −25%#653528

Channel breakdown

R119

G43

B22

Red119 (46.7%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue12.99°

Saturation (HSL)68.79%

Lightness27.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 77 · G 2B · B 16

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