Recognised as Colour

#7C262B

#7C262B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#7C262B is a red with RGB values 124, 38, 43 and HSL 357°, 53%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#7C262B

RGBrgb(124, 38, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.149, 0.1686

RGB percentages48.6%, 14.9%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(356.5, 53.1%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.5, 69.4%, 48.6%)

CMYK0%, 69.4%, 65.3%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,136,235

CSS custom property--colour: #7C262B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05846WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.2 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#83D9D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3D392Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#524B29no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Tritanopia#881129no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 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

Brown · ΔE 19.6 Maroon · ΔE 23.1 Sienna · ΔE 24.6 Indian red · ΔE 25.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 27.1 Dark red · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 19.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#267C77

Analogous#7C2656, #7C4C26

Triadic#2B7C26, #262B7C

Split complementary#267C4C, #26567C

Tetradic#567C26, #267C77, #4C267C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DD9195

Lighter +30%#D16A70

Lighter +20%#C5434A

Lighter +10%#A33239

Darker −10%#551A1D

Darker −20%#2E0E10

Darker −30%#070202

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#901219

Less saturated −25%#683A3D

Channel breakdown

R124

G38

B43

Red124 (48.6%)

Green38 (14.9%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue356.51°

Saturation (HSL)53.09%

Lightness31.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7C · G 26 · B 2B

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