Recognised as Colour

#7A1740

#7A1740
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#7A1740 is a red with RGB values 122, 23, 64 and HSL 335°, 68%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#7A1740

RGBrgb(122, 23, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.0902, 0.251

RGB percentages47.8%, 9%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(335.2, 68.3%, 28.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(335.2, 81.1%, 47.8%)

CMYK0%, 81.1%, 47.5%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,001,344

CSS custom property--colour: #7A1740;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.37:1

Contrast with white10.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#85E8BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2F3441no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#49473Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Tritanopia#850129no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 31.8 Pale violetred · ΔE 33.5 Indian red · ΔE 33.7 Medium violet red · ΔE 35.8 Maroon · ΔE 37.3 Firebrick · ΔE 40.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 31.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#177A51

Analogous#7A1772, #7A1F17

Triadic#407A17, #17407A

Split complementary#177A1F, #17727A

Tetradic#727A17, #177A51, #1F177A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E578A5

Lighter +30%#DD4D89

Lighter +20%#D0276D

Lighter +10%#A51F57

Darker −10%#4F0F29

Darker −20%#240713

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8C053D

Less saturated −25%#682943

Channel breakdown

R122

G23

B64

Red122 (47.8%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue335.15°

Saturation (HSL)68.28%

Lightness28.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7A · G 17 · B 40

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