Recognised as Colour

#772B27

#772B27
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#772B27 is a red with RGB values 119, 43, 39 and HSL 3°, 51%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#772B27#772B27

HEX#772B27

RGBrgb(119, 43, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.1686, 0.1529

RGB percentages46.7%, 16.9%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(3, 50.6%, 31%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3, 67.2%, 46.7%)

CMYK0%, 63.9%, 67.2%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,809,831

CSS custom property--colour: #772B27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05796WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.73:1

Contrast with white9.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#88D4D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3F3A26no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#524A25no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original

Tritanopia#831B2Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 21.5 Sienna · ΔE 21.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 23.6 Maroon · ΔE 23.7 Indian red · ΔE 27.3 Dark red · ΔE 27.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 21.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#277377

Analogous#77274B, #775327

Triadic#27772B, #2B2777

Split complementary#277753, #274B77

Tetradic#4B7727, #277377, #532777

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DA9390

Lighter +30%#CE6E69

Lighter +20%#C14943

Lighter +10%#9D3934

Darker −10%#511D1A

Darker −20%#2A0F0E

Darker −30%#040101

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8B1913

Less saturated −25%#633D3B

Channel breakdown

R119

G43

B39

Red119 (46.7%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue3°

Saturation (HSL)50.63%

Lightness30.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 77 · G 2B · B 27

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