Recognised as Colour

#79071A

#79071A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#79071A is a red with RGB values 121, 7, 26 and HSL 350°, 89%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#79071A

RGBrgb(121, 7, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.0275, 0.102

RGB percentages47.5%, 2.7%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(350, 89.1%, 25.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350, 94.2%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 94.2%, 78.5%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,931,674

CSS custom property--colour: #79071A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04291WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.3:1

Contrast with white11.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#86F8E5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#302B19no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B4316no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original

Tritanopia#860011no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 14.9 Brown · ΔE 15.3 Dark red · ΔE 19 Firebrick · ΔE 22.9 Sienna · ΔE 27.8 Indian red · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 14.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#077966

Analogous#790753, #792D07

Triadic#1A7907, #071A79

Split complementary#07792D, #075379

Tetradic#537907, #077966, #2D0779

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F55771

Lighter +30%#F22749

Lighter +20%#D90D2F

Lighter +10%#A90A24

Darker −10%#490410

Darker −20%#190105

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#800015

Less saturated −25%#691725

Channel breakdown

R121

B26

Red121 (47.5%)

Green7 (2.7%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue350°

Saturation (HSL)89.06%

Lightness25.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 07 · B 1A

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