Recognised as Colour

#7C2140

#7C2140
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#7C2140 is a red with RGB values 124, 33, 64 and HSL 340°, 58%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#7C2140

RGBrgb(124, 33, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.1294, 0.251

RGB percentages48.6%, 12.9%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(339.6, 58%, 30.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(339.6, 73.4%, 48.6%)

CMYK0%, 73.4%, 48.4%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,134,976

CSS custom property--colour: #7C2140;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05743WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.77:1

Contrast with white9.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#83DEBF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#353841no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#4E4A3Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.4 from the original

Tritanopia#87122Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 29.6 Indian red · ΔE 31.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 32.2 Maroon · ΔE 35.3 Sienna · ΔE 37.5 Medium violet red · ΔE 38.5

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 29.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#217C5D

Analogous#7C216D, #7C2F21

Triadic#407C21, #21407C

Split complementary#217C2F, #216D7C

Tetradic#6E7C21, #217C5D, #30217C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E089A7

Lighter +30%#D56189

Lighter +20%#CA396A

Lighter +10%#A42C55

Darker −10%#54162B

Darker −20%#2B0C16

Darker −30%#030102

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#900D3A

Less saturated −25%#683546

Channel breakdown

R124

G33

B64

Red124 (48.6%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue339.56°

Saturation (HSL)57.96%

Lightness30.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7C · G 21 · B 40

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