Recognised as Colour

#7E1828

#7E1828
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#7E1828 is a red with RGB values 126, 24, 40 and HSL 351°, 68%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#7E1828

RGBrgb(126, 24, 40)

RGB (0–1)0.4941, 0.0941, 0.1569

RGB percentages49.4%, 9.4%, 15.7%

HSLhsl(350.6, 68%, 29.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.6, 81%, 49.4%)

CMYK0%, 81%, 68.3%, 50.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,263,720

CSS custom property--colour: #7E1828;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05242WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.25:1

Contrast with white10.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#81E7D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#363328no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#504825no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Tritanopia#8B001Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 17.4 Maroon · ΔE 20.9 Dark red · ΔE 24.7 Firebrick · ΔE 26.2 Indian red · ΔE 26.4 Sienna · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 17.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#187E6E

Analogous#7E185B, #7E3B18

Triadic#287E18, #18287E

Split complementary#187E3B, #185B7E

Tetradic#5B7E18, #187E6E, #3B187E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E67C8D

Lighter +30%#DE5167

Lighter +20%#D42843

Lighter +10%#A92036

Darker −10%#53101A

Darker −20%#28080D

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#91051B

Less saturated −25%#6B2B35

Channel breakdown

R126

G24

B40

Red126 (49.4%)

Green24 (9.4%)

Blue40 (15.7%)

Hue350.59°

Saturation (HSL)68%

Lightness29.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7E · G 18 · B 28

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