Colour

#7A0012

#7A0012
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#7A0012 is a red with RGB values 122, 0, 18 and HSL 351°, 100%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#7A0012

RGBrgb(122, 0, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0, 0.0706

RGB percentages47.8%, 0%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(351.1, 100%, 23.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.1, 100%, 47.8%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 85.2%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,995,410

CSS custom property--colour: #7A0012;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04181WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.44:1

Contrast with white11.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#85FFED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2F2A11no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B420Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original

Tritanopia#870009no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 10 Brown · ΔE 13.8 Dark red · ΔE 14.2 Firebrick · ΔE 19.8 Sienna · ΔE 27.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 9.98, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#007A68

Analogous#7A004F, #7A2B00

Triadic#127A00, #00127A

Split complementary#007A2B, #004F7A

Tetradic#4F7A00, #007A68, #2B007A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF4762

Lighter +30%#FF1437

Lighter +20%#E00021

Lighter +10%#AD001A

Darker −10%#47000A

Darker −20%#140003

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7A0012

Less saturated −25%#6B0F1D

Channel breakdown

R122

B18

Red122 (47.8%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue351.15°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness23.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7A · G 00 · B 12

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