Recognised as Colour

#7C283B

#7C283B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#7C283B is a red with RGB values 124, 40, 59 and HSL 346°, 51%, 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 Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#7C283B

RGBrgb(124, 40, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.1569, 0.2314

RGB percentages48.6%, 15.7%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(346.4, 51.2%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(346.4, 67.7%, 48.6%)

CMYK0%, 67.7%, 52.4%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,136,763

CSS custom property--colour: #7C283B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06118WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.44:1

Contrast with white9.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#83D7C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3B3B3Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#514C39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original

Tritanopia#871A2Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 26.5 Indian red · ΔE 28.3 Maroon · ΔE 31.8 Sienna · ΔE 32 Pale violetred · ΔE 32.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.6

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 26.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#287C69

Analogous#7C2865, #7C3F28

Triadic#3B7C28, #283B7C

Split complementary#287C3F, #28657C

Tetradic#657C28, #287C69, #3F287C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DC94A4

Lighter +30%#D06D83

Lighter +20%#C34763

Lighter +10%#A3344D

Darker −10%#551C29

Darker −20%#2F0F16

Darker −30%#080304

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#911330

Less saturated −25%#683D46

Channel breakdown

R124

G40

B59

Red124 (48.6%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue346.43°

Saturation (HSL)51.22%

Lightness32.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7C · G 28 · B 3B

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