Recognised as Colour

#7F2515

#7F2515
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#7F2515 is a red with RGB values 127, 37, 21 and HSL 9°, 72%, 29%. 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#7F2515

RGBrgb(127, 37, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.1451, 0.0824

RGB percentages49.8%, 14.5%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(9.1, 71.6%, 29%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.1, 83.5%, 49.8%)

CMYK0%, 70.9%, 83.5%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,332,565

CSS custom property--colour: #7F2515;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05889WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.64:1

Contrast with white9.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#80DAEA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3F3812no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#564C11no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original

Tritanopia#8C0622no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 12.5 Brown · ΔE 14.5 Dark red · ΔE 16.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 17 Sienna · ΔE 17.5 Firebrick · ΔE 21.5

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 12.55, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#156F7F

Analogous#7F153A, #7F5A15

Triadic#157F25, #25157F

Split complementary#157F5A, #153A7F

Tetradic#3A7F15, #156F7F, #5A157F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E98977

Lighter +30%#E1624C

Lighter +20%#D73F23

Lighter +10%#AB321C

Darker −10%#53180E

Darker −20%#270C07

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#921803

Less saturated −25%#6D3228

Channel breakdown

R127

G37

B21

Red127 (49.8%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue9.06°

Saturation (HSL)71.62%

Lightness29.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7F · G 25 · B 15

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