Recognised as Colour

#7D2812

#7D2812
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#7D2812 is a red with RGB values 125, 40, 18 and HSL 12°, 75%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#7D2812

RGBrgb(125, 40, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.4902, 0.1569, 0.0706

RGB percentages49%, 15.7%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(12.3, 74.8%, 28%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.3, 85.6%, 49%)

CMYK0%, 68%, 85.6%, 51%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,202,258

CSS custom property--colour: #7D2812;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05921WCAG 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 9.61:1

Contrast with white9.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#82D7ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#41390Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original

Deuteranopia#564C0Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Tritanopia#8A0E24no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 13.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 14.7 Sienna · ΔE 16.1 Brown · ΔE 16.5 Dark red · ΔE 17.3 Firebrick · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 13.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#12677D

Analogous#7D1231, #7D5E12

Triadic#127D28, #28127D

Split complementary#127D5D, #12327D

Tetradic#317D12, #12677D, #5D127D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EA8A71

Lighter +30%#E46544

Lighter +20%#D6451F

Lighter +10%#AA3618

Darker −10%#501A0C

Darker −20%#240B05

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8F1D00

Less saturated −25%#6B3324

Channel breakdown

R125

G40

B18

Red125 (49%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue12.34°

Saturation (HSL)74.83%

Lightness28.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7D · G 28 · B 12

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