Recognised as Colour

#7B1121

#7B1121
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#7B1121 is a red with RGB values 123, 17, 33 and HSL 351°, 76%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#7B1121#7B1121

HEX#7B1121

RGBrgb(123, 17, 33)

RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.0667, 0.1294

RGB percentages48.2%, 6.7%, 12.9%

HSLhsl(350.9, 75.7%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.9, 86.2%, 48.2%)

CMYK0%, 86.2%, 73.2%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,065,313

CSS custom property--colour: #7B1121;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04722WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.8:1

Contrast with white10.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#84EEDE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#332F21no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#4D451Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original

Tritanopia#880019no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 16.3 Maroon · ΔE 18 Dark red · ΔE 22 Firebrick · ΔE 24.7 Indian red · ΔE 27.5 Sienna · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 16.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#117B6B

Analogous#7B1156, #7B3611

Triadic#217B11, #11217B

Split complementary#117B36, #11567B

Tetradic#567B11, #117B6B, #36117B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EB6D80

Lighter +30%#E54059

Lighter +20%#D51D39

Lighter +10%#A8172D

Darker −10%#4E0B15

Darker −20%#210509

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8C0015

Less saturated −25%#6A232D

Channel breakdown

R123

G17

B33

Red123 (48.2%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue33 (12.9%)

Hue350.94°

Saturation (HSL)75.71%

Lightness27.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7B · G 11 · B 21

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