Recognised as Colour

#7A274F

#7A274F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Pale violetred

#7A274F is a red with RGB values 122, 39, 79 and HSL 331°, 52%, 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 Pale violetred.

Colour values

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HEX#7A274F

RGBrgb(122, 39, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.1529, 0.3098

RGB percentages47.8%, 15.3%, 31%

HSLhsl(331.1, 51.6%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(331.1, 68%, 47.8%)

CMYK0%, 68%, 35.2%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,005,455

CSS custom property--colour: #7A274F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06153WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.41:1

Contrast with white9.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#85D8B0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#353D50no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B4C4Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Tritanopia#832137no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 31.7 Medium violet red · ΔE 36 Indian red · ΔE 36.3 Purple · ΔE 36.8 Brown · ΔE 37.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 39.6

Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 31.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#277A52

Analogous#7A2778, #7A2827

Triadic#4F7A27, #274F7A

Split complementary#277A28, #27787A

Tetradic#797A27, #277A52, #29277A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DC91B5

Lighter +30%#D06A9B

Lighter +20%#C34481

Lighter +10%#A13368

Darker −10%#531B36

Darker −20%#2D0E1D

Darker −30%#060204

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8E134E

Less saturated −25%#663B50

Channel breakdown

R122

G39

B79

Red122 (47.8%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue331.08°

Saturation (HSL)51.55%

Lightness31.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7A · G 27 · B 4F

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