Recognised as Colour

#7C2E20

#7C2E20
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#7C2E20 is a red with RGB values 124, 46, 32 and HSL 9°, 59%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#7C2E20#7C2E20

HEX#7C2E20

RGBrgb(124, 46, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.4863, 0.1804, 0.1255

RGB percentages48.6%, 18%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(9.1, 59%, 30.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.1, 74.2%, 48.6%)

CMYK0%, 62.9%, 74.2%, 51.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,138,272

CSS custom property--colour: #7C2E20;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06343WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.26:1

Contrast with white9.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#83D1DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#433D1Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#574E1Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original

Tritanopia#891C2Bno 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 text9.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 16.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 17.7 Brown · ΔE 18.7 Maroon · ΔE 19.7 Dark red · ΔE 23.5 Indian red · ΔE 26.3

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 16.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#206E7C

Analogous#7C2040, #7C5C20

Triadic#207C2E, #2E207C

Split complementary#207C5C, #20407C

Tetradic#407C20, #206E7C, #5C207C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E09588

Lighter +30%#D6715F

Lighter +20%#CB4D37

Lighter +10%#A53D2A

Darker −10%#531F16

Darker −20%#2B100B

Darker −30%#020101

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#90200D

Less saturated −25%#693C34

Channel breakdown

R124

G46

B32

Red124 (48.6%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue9.13°

Saturation (HSL)58.97%

Lightness30.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7C · G 2E · B 20

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