Colour

#79040E

#79040E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#79040E is a red with RGB values 121, 4, 14 and HSL 355°, 94%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#79040E

RGBrgb(121, 4, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.0157, 0.0549

RGB percentages47.5%, 1.6%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(354.9, 93.6%, 24.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.9, 96.7%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 96.7%, 88.4%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,930,894

CSS custom property--colour: #79040E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04183WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.43:1

Contrast with white11.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#86FBF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#302A0Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B4207no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original

Tritanopia#86000Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 8.1 Dark red · ΔE 12.7 Brown · ΔE 13.9 Firebrick · ΔE 19.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 25.6 Sienna · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 8.15, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#04796F

Analogous#790448, #793404

Triadic#0E7904, #040E79

Split complementary#047934, #044879

Tetradic#497904, #04796F, #350479

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9505E

Lighter +30%#F81E31

Lighter +20%#DC0719

Lighter +10%#AA0614

Darker −10%#480208

Darker −20%#160103

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7D000B

Less saturated −25%#69141B

Channel breakdown

R121

B14

Red121 (47.5%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue354.87°

Saturation (HSL)93.6%

Lightness24.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 04 · B 0E

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