Recognised as Colour

#7B2817

#7B2817
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#7B2817 is a red with RGB values 123, 40, 23 and HSL 10°, 68%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#7B2817

RGBrgb(123, 40, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.4824, 0.1569, 0.0902

RGB percentages48.2%, 15.7%, 9%

HSLhsl(10.2, 68.5%, 28.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10.2, 81.3%, 48.2%)

CMYK0%, 67.5%, 81.3%, 51.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,071,191

CSS custom property--colour: #7B2817;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0579WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.73:1

Contrast with white9.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#84D7E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#403814no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#544B14no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original

Tritanopia#881125no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 15.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 16.5 Brown · ΔE 16.9 Sienna · ΔE 17 Dark red · ΔE 19.5 Firebrick · ΔE 24.4

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 15.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#176A7B

Analogous#7B1738, #7B5A17

Triadic#177B28, #28177B

Split complementary#177B5A, #17387B

Tetradic#387B17, #176A7B, #5A177B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E68B78

Lighter +30%#DE664D

Lighter +20%#D14427

Lighter +10%#A6361F

Darker −10%#501A0F

Darker −20%#250C07

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8D1C05

Less saturated −25%#693429

Channel breakdown

R123

G40

B23

Red123 (48.2%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue10.2°

Saturation (HSL)68.49%

Lightness28.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7B · G 28 · B 17

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