Recognised as Colour

#7F271A

#7F271A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#7F271A is a red with RGB values 127, 39, 26 and HSL 8°, 66%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#7F271A

RGBrgb(127, 39, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.1529, 0.102

RGB percentages49.8%, 15.3%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(7.7, 66%, 30%)

HSV / HSBhsv(7.7, 79.5%, 49.8%)

CMYK0%, 69.3%, 79.5%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,333,082

CSS custom property--colour: #7F271A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06038WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.51:1

Contrast with white9.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#80D8E5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#403918no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#564D17no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original

Tritanopia#8C0C25no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 14.6 Brown · ΔE 14.9 Sienna · ΔE 17.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 17.9 Dark red · ΔE 18.4 Firebrick · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 14.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1A727F

Analogous#7F1A3F, #7F591A

Triadic#1A7F27, #271A7F

Split complementary#1A7F59, #1A407F

Tetradic#407F1A, #1A727F, #5A1A7F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E58D80

Lighter +30%#DC6756

Lighter +20%#D4412B

Lighter +10%#A93423

Darker −10%#551A11

Darker −20%#2A0D09

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#921907

Less saturated −25%#6C352D

Channel breakdown

R127

G39

B26

Red127 (49.8%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue7.72°

Saturation (HSL)66.01%

Lightness30%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7F · G 27 · B 1A

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