Recognised as Colour

#7C262F

#7C262F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#7C262F is a red with RGB values 124, 38, 47 and HSL 354°, 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#7C262F

RGBrgb(124, 38, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.149, 0.1843

RGB percentages48.6%, 14.9%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(353.7, 53.1%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.7, 69.4%, 48.6%)

CMYK0%, 69.4%, 62.1%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,136,239

CSS custom property--colour: #7C262F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05877WCAG 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 9.65:1

Contrast with white9.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#83D9D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3C392Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#524B2Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original

Tritanopia#88132Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 21.1 Maroon · ΔE 25.2 Indian red · ΔE 26.2 Sienna · ΔE 26.5 Dark red · ΔE 29.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 21.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#267C73

Analogous#7C265A, #7C4826

Triadic#2F7C26, #262F7C

Split complementary#267C48, #265A7C

Tetradic#5A7C26, #267C73, #48267C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DD9199

Lighter +30%#D16A75

Lighter +20%#C54350

Lighter +10%#A3323E

Darker −10%#551A20

Darker −20%#2E0E11

Darker −30%#070203

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#90121F

Less saturated −25%#683A3F

Channel breakdown

R124

G38

B47

Red124 (48.6%)

Green38 (14.9%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue353.72°

Saturation (HSL)53.09%

Lightness31.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7C · G 26 · B 2F

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