Information about #72040D color
Basic facts about this digital color
A pure, full-strength earthy red, #72040D leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Japanese Maple (#780109). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Rich Burgundy (#6D0016) and Red Oxide (#6E0902).
The recipe behind #72040D is rgb(114, 4, 13), with red as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #72040D background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 12.1:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.7:1. No one has named #72040D so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#72040D color variations
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#72040D color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#72040D color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#72040D color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#72040D color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#72040D color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #72040D color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to #72040D
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#780109
#6D0016
#6E0902
#7B0304
#65000B
#770F05
#6E1005
#670E10
#7C0A02
#78081C
#7B1113
#7F0B16
#72040D color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#72040D
- RGB114, 4, 13
- CMYK0, 43, 40, 55
- CSSrgb(114, 4, 13)
- HSL355°, 93%, 23%
- HSL Precise355.091°, 93.22%, 23.137%
- HSV355°, 96%, 45%
- HSB355°, 96%, 45%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.447
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.016
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.051
- GLSLvec3(0.447, 0.016, 0.051)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.447, 0.016, 0.051, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.447, 0.016, 0.051)
- Percentage of Red in RGB44.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB1.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB5.1%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID72040D
- DECIMAL ID7472141
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers22 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
