Recognised as Colour

#7E1232

#7E1232
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#7E1232 is a red with RGB values 126, 18, 50 and HSL 342°, 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

#7E1232#7E1232

HEX#7E1232

RGBrgb(126, 18, 50)

RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.0706, 0.1961

RGB percentages49.4%, 7.1%, 19.6%

HSLhsl(342.2, 75%, 28.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(342.2, 85.7%, 49.4%)

CMYK0%, 85.7%, 60.3%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,262,194

CSS custom property--colour: #7E1232;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05099WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.4:1

Contrast with white10.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#81EDCD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#323232no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#4D482Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original

Tritanopia#8A0021no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 22.9 Maroon · ΔE 27.7 Indian red · ΔE 28.8 Dark red · ΔE 31.2 Firebrick · ΔE 31.4 Sienna · ΔE 34.4

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 22.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#127E5E

Analogous#7E1268, #7E2812

Triadic#327E12, #12327E

Split complementary#127E28, #12687E

Tetradic#687E12, #127E5E, #28127E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EB7195

Lighter +30%#E44574

Lighter +20%#D71F55

Lighter +10%#AB1844

Darker −10%#510C20

Darker −20%#25050F

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#90002B

Less saturated −25%#6C2439

Channel breakdown

R126

G18

B50

Red126 (49.4%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue50 (19.6%)

Hue342.22°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness28.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7E · G 12 · B 32

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