Colour

#7A0000

#7A0000
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#7A0000 is a red with RGB values 122, 0, 0 and HSL 0°, 100%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#7A0000#7A0000

HEX#7A0000

RGBrgb(122, 0, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0, 0

RGB percentages47.8%, 0%, 0%

HSLhsl(0, 100%, 23.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 100%, 47.8%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 100%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,995,392

CSS custom property--colour: #7A0000;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04138WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.49:1

Contrast with white11.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A

Inverted#85FFFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#302900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#4C4200no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original

Tritanopia#880003no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 2.8 Dark red · ΔE 7.9 Brown · ΔE 14.9 Firebrick · ΔE 17.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 24.5 Sienna · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 2.84, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#007A7A

Analogous#7A003D, #7A3D00

Triadic#007A00, #00007A

Split complementary#007A3D, #003D7A

Tetradic#3D7A00, #007A7A, #3D007A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF4747

Lighter +30%#FF1414

Lighter +20%#E00000

Lighter +10%#AD0000

Darker −10%#470000

Darker −20%#140000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7A0000

Less saturated −25%#6B0F0F

Channel breakdown

R122

Red122 (47.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness23.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7A · G 00 · B 00

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