Colour

#7A2A15

#7A2A15
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#7A2A15 is a red with RGB values 122, 42, 21 and HSL 12°, 71%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#7A2A15

RGBrgb(122, 42, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.1647, 0.0824

RGB percentages47.8%, 16.5%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(12.5, 70.6%, 28%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.5, 82.8%, 47.8%)

CMYK0%, 65.6%, 82.8%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,006,165

CSS custom property--colour: #7A2A15;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05848WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.68:1

Contrast with white9.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#85D5EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#413912no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#544B12no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original

Tritanopia#871526no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 14.9 Sienna · ΔE 16 Maroon · ΔE 16.3 Brown · ΔE 18.1 Dark red · ΔE 20 Firebrick · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 14.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#15657A

Analogous#7A1532, #7A5D15

Triadic#157A2A, #2A157A

Split complementary#157A5D, #15327A

Tetradic#327A15, #15657A, #5D157A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E78C74

Lighter +30%#E06848

Lighter +20%#D14824

Lighter +10%#A6391C

Darker −10%#4E1B0E

Darker −20%#230C06

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8C2003

Less saturated −25%#683427

Channel breakdown

R122

G42

B21

Red122 (47.8%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue12.48°

Saturation (HSL)70.63%

Lightness28.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7A · G 2A · B 15

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