Recognised as Colour

#7E122C

#7E122C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#7E122C is a red with RGB values 126, 18, 44 and HSL 346°, 75%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#7E122C#7E122C

HEX#7E122C

RGBrgb(126, 18, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.0706, 0.1725

RGB percentages49.4%, 7.1%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(345.6, 75%, 28.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345.6, 85.7%, 49.4%)

CMYK0%, 85.7%, 65.1%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,262,188

CSS custom property--colour: #7E122C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0505WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.45:1

Contrast with white10.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#81EDD3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#33312Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#4E4729no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original

Tritanopia#8B001Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 19.8 Maroon · ΔE 23.8 Dark red · ΔE 27.5 Indian red · ΔE 27.6 Firebrick · ΔE 28.3 Sienna · ΔE 31.5

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 19.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#127E64

Analogous#7E1262, #7E2E12

Triadic#2C7E12, #122C7E

Split complementary#127E2E, #12627E

Tetradic#627E12, #127E64, #2E127E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EB718F

Lighter +30%#E4456B

Lighter +20%#D71F4B

Lighter +10%#AB183C

Darker −10%#510C1C

Darker −20%#25050D

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#900023

Less saturated −25%#6C2435

Channel breakdown

R126

G18

B44

Red126 (49.4%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue345.56°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness28.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7E · G 12 · B 2C

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