Colour

#772E3B

#772E3B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#772E3B is a red with RGB values 119, 46, 59 and HSL 349°, 44%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#772E3B

RGBrgb(119, 46, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.4667, 0.1804, 0.2314

RGB percentages46.7%, 18%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(349.3, 44.2%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349.3, 61.3%, 46.7%)

CMYK0%, 61.3%, 50.4%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,810,619

CSS custom property--colour: #772E3B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06192WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.38:1

Contrast with white9.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#88D1C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3E3D3Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#514C39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original

Tritanopia#822433no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 28.7 Indian red · ΔE 29.6 Sienna · ΔE 30.9 Maroon · ΔE 33.6 Pale violetred · ΔE 34 Saddle brown · ΔE 34.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 28.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E776A

Analogous#772E60, #77462E

Triadic#3B772E, #2E3B77

Split complementary#2E7746, #2E6077

Tetradic#5F772E, #2E776A, #452E77

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D899A4

Lighter +30%#C97584

Lighter +20%#BB5063

Lighter +10%#9C3C4D

Darker −10%#522029

Darker −20%#2D1217

Darker −30%#090304

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8C192E

Less saturated −25%#624348

Channel breakdown

R119

G46

B59

Red119 (46.7%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue349.32°

Saturation (HSL)44.24%

Lightness32.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 77 · G 2E · B 3B

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