Recognised as Colour

#7F2A30

#7F2A30
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#7F2A30 is a red with RGB values 127, 42, 48 and HSL 356°, 50%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#7F2A30#7F2A30

HEX#7F2A30

RGBrgb(127, 42, 48)

RGB (0–1)0.498, 0.1647, 0.1882

RGB percentages49.8%, 16.5%, 18.8%

HSLhsl(355.8, 50.3%, 33.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.8, 66.9%, 49.8%)

CMYK0%, 66.9%, 62.2%, 50.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,333,872

CSS custom property--colour: #7F2A30;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06381WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.23:1

Contrast with white9.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D

Inverted#80D5CF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#403C30no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original

Deuteranopia#554E2Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original

Tritanopia#8B182Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 20.3 Sienna · ΔE 24.8 Maroon · ΔE 24.8 Indian red · ΔE 25 Saddle brown · ΔE 27.8 Dark red · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 20.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A7F79

Analogous#7F2A5B, #7F4E2A

Triadic#307F2A, #2A307F

Split complementary#2A7F4E, #2A5A7F

Tetradic#5A7F2A, #2A7F79, #4E2A7F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DD989D

Lighter +30%#D07278

Lighter +20%#C44B54

Lighter +10%#A5373E

Darker −10%#591D22

Darker −20%#321113

Darker −30%#0C0405

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#94151E

Less saturated −25%#6A3F42

Channel breakdown

R127

G42

B48

Red127 (49.8%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue48 (18.8%)

Hue355.76°

Saturation (HSL)50.3%

Lightness33.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 7F · G 2A · B 30

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