Color swatch image showing Purple Red (#75151E) with RGB(117,21,30) values

Purple Red (#75151E) Color Meaning and Information

Everything you need to know about Purple Red (#75151E) including values, color harmonies, shades, meanings, and applications in design, branding, and everyday visuals.

Purple Red (#75151E) Color Information

Purple Red (#75151E) RGB value is (117, 21, 30). The hex color red value is 117, green is 21, and blue is 30. Its HSL format shows a hue of 354°, saturation of 70 percent, and lightness of 27 percent. The CMYK process values are 0 percent, 82 percent, 74 percent, 54 percent.

Purple Red
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Purple Red (#75151E) Color Meaning

Purple Red (#75151E) conveys a dark, somber fusion of passion and gravity, suggesting blood dried to a blackish crimson or wine left to age into profundity. This very dark, brownish red sits on the threshold where red becomes burgundy, evoking aged leather, volcanic rock, and the quiet aftermath of intense emotion. Psychologically, Purple Red (#75151E) is weighty, introspective, and resonant, promoting feelings of deep, settled passion, mature grief, or solemn commitment. It offers the warmth of red grounded by the solemnity of purple and brown. This color is a vow made in shadow. Symbolically, Purple Red (#75151E) represents the roots of desire, love that has known darkness, and power that is ancient, quiet, and formidable. It is the color of a king’s private chamber or the earth that has absorbed centuries of struggle. Culturally, it appears in contexts of heritage, luxury, and somber drama, conveying a sense of rich history, enduring strength, and complex, sometimes tragic, beauty. It is the color of a story that is old, deep, and far from simple.

Color Conversion

Convert Purple Red (#75151E) across different color models and formats. These conversions help designers work seamlessly between digital and print media, ensuring this color maintains its intended appearance across RGB screens, CMYK printers, and HSL color manipulations.

HEX
#75151E
RGB
rgb(117, 21, 30)
HSL
hsl(354°, 70%, 27%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 82%, 74%, 54%)
HSV
hsv(354°, 82%, 46%)
XYZ
7.8386 4.4120 1.6668
Yxy
4.4120 0.5632 0.3170
Hunter Lab
21.0048 0.7118 0.1942
CIE-Lab
24.9892 40.9618 21.0117

RGB Values & CMYK Values

RGB Values

Red117 / 255 (46%)
46%
Green21 / 255 (8%)
Blue30 / 255 (12%)
12%

CMYK Values

Cyan0 / 100 (0%)
Magenta82 / 100 (82%)
82%
Yellow74 / 100 (74%)
74%
Key (Black)54 / 100 (54%)
54%

Color Variations

Purple Red (#75151E) harmonies come to life through carefully balanced shades, tints, and tones, giving this color depth and flexibility across light and dark variations. Shades add richness, tints bring an airy softness, and tones soften intensity, making it easy to pair in clean, modern palettes.

Color Harmonies

Purple Red (#75151E) harmonies create beautiful relationships with other colors based on their position on the color wheel. Each harmony type offers unique design possibilities, enabling cohesive and visually appealing color schemes.

Analogous

Colors adjacent on the color wheel (30° apart)

Complementary

Colors opposite on the color wheel (180° apart)

Split Complementary

Three colors using one base hue and the two hues beside its opposite

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced (120° apart)

Tetradic

Four colors forming a rectangle on the wheel

Square

Four colors evenly spaced (90° apart)

Double Split

Four colors formed from two base hues and the colors next to their opposites

Monochromatic

Variations of a single hue

Contrast Checker

(WCAG 2.1) Test Purple Red (#75151E) for accessibility compliance against white and black backgrounds. Proper contrast ensures this color remains readable and usable for all audiences, meeting WCAG 2.1 standards for both normal and large text applications.

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#75151E

Sample Text

This is how your text will look with these colors.

Large Text (18pt+)

11.16:1
WCAG AA
WCAG AAA

Normal Text

11.16:1
WCAG AA
WCAG AAA

UI Components

11.16:1
WCAG AA
WCAG AAA

Color Blindness Simulator

See how #75151E appears to people with different types of color vision deficiencies. These simulations help create more inclusive designs that consider how this color is perceived across various visual abilities.

Normal Vision

Purple Red (#75151E)

protanopia

#4b4b1c

Note: These simulations are approximations. Actual color vision deficiency varies by individual.

CSS Examples

Background Color

background-color: #75151E;

Text Color

color: #75151E;

Sample Text

Border Color

border: 2px solid #75151E;

Box Shadow

box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #75151E40;

Text Shadow

text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #75151E;

Sample Text

Gradient

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #75151E 0%, #4a0d13 100%);

Purple Red (#75151E) Color FAQs

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