#700310

sRGB · 112 / 3 / 16

#700310 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 112 red, 3 green and 16 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 352.8° lands in the red region. Its 94.8% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 22.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (12.28:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 112, 3, 16
HSL: 352.84°, 94.78%, 22.55%
HSV / HSB: 352.84°, 97.32%, 43.92%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 97.32%, 85.71%, 56.08%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 6.808, 3.548, 0.817
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 22.117, 43.354, 26.455
WCAG relative luminance: 0.03547
24-bit decimal: 7340816

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #700310 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 1.71:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 12.28:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#037063 sits half a turn (180°) from #700310 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#700310 #037063

Analogous

#700346 and #702D03 sit 30° to either side of #700310. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#700346 #700310 #702D03

Triadic

#700310, #107003 and #031070 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#700310 #107003 #031070

Split complementary

Start at #700310 and look across the wheel. #03702D and #034670 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#700310 #03702D #034670

Square

Starting with #700310, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #477003, #037063, then #2D0370. Across the square, #700310 pairs with #037063, and #477003 with #2D0370.

#700310 #477003 #037063 #2D0370

Tetradic

#700310 and #037063 are opposites, as are #706303 and #031070. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#700310 #706303 #037063 #031070

Tints

Mixing #700310 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8D3540, keeps 80% of the original. By #E2CDCF, the mixture is 80% white.

#700310 #8D3540 #A96870 #C69A9F #E2CDCF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #700310 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #5A020D, keeps 80% of the original. By #160103, the mixture is 80% black.

#700310 #5A020D #43020A #2D0106 #160103 #000000

Tones

Mixing #700310 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #731C26, keeps 80% of the original. By #7D676A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#700310 #731C26 #76353D #7A4E53 #7D676A #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#700310

RGB

rgb(112 3 16)

HSL

hsl(352.844 94.783% 22.549%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #700310;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#700310 uses 112 red, 3 green and 16 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 43.9%

Green 1.2%

Blue 6.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #700310 is 0.0% cyan, 97.3% magenta, 85.7% yellow and 56.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 97.3%

Yellow 85.7%

Black 56.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #770011. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #701 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #700310 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #660000, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #770011 Nearest web-safe · #660000

Gradient to complement

#700310 #5E151E #4C272C #3A3A3A #274C47 #155E55 #037063

Color vision previews

Compare how #700310 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#2B260F

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#453D0A

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#7C000A

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#4D220D

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#54310B

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#710010

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#353535

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#592527

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.16203 G 0.00091 B 0.00518

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.40079 G 0.07239 B 0.08275

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.13342 G 0.00626 B 0.00755

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.609 y 0.318 Y 3.548

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 56.078 M % 98.824 Y % 93.725

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01110000 00000011 00010000