Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#7B274C

  • #7B274C
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Pale violetred

#7B274C is a red with RGB values 123, 39, 76 and HSL 334°, 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

#7B274C#7B274C
HEX#7B274C
RGBrgb(123, 39, 76)
RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.1529, 0.298
RGB percentages48.2%, 15.3%, 29.8%
HSLhsl(333.6, 51.9%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(333.6, 68.3%, 48.2%)
CMYK0%, 68.3%, 38.2%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,070,988
CSS custom property--colour: #7B274C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06184WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness77.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.39:1
Contrast with white9.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C
Inverted#84D8B3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#363C4Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Deuteranopia#4D4C4Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Tritanopia#851F36no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text9.39:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 31.4Indian red · ΔE 34.7Brown · ΔE 35.7Medium violet red · ΔE 36.6Purple · ΔE 38.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 41.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 31.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#277B56
Analogous#7B2776, #7B2C27
Triadic#4C7B27, #274C7B
Split complementary#277B2C, #27767B
Tetradic#767B27, #277B56, #2C277B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DC92B3
Lighter +30%#D06B97
Lighter +20%#C4447C
Lighter +10%#A23364
Darker −10%#541B34
Darker −20%#2E0E1C
Darker −30%#070204
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8F134A
Less saturated −25%#673B4E

Channel breakdown

R123
G39
B76
Red123 (48.2%)
Green39 (15.3%)
Blue76 (29.8%)
Hue333.57°
Saturation (HSL)51.85%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 7B · G 27 · B 4C

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “7b274c” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.