Recognised as Colour

#79071C

#79071C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#79071C is a red with RGB values 121, 7, 28 and HSL 349°, 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 Brown.

Colour values

#79071C#79071C

HEX#79071C

RGBrgb(121, 7, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.0275, 0.1098

RGB percentages47.5%, 2.7%, 11%

HSLhsl(348.9, 89.1%, 25.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348.9, 94.2%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 94.2%, 76.9%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,931,676

CSS custom property--colour: #79071C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04301WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.29:1

Contrast with white11.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#86F8E3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2F2C1Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original

Deuteranopia#4A4318no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original

Tritanopia#860012no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 15.9 Maroon · ΔE 16.1 Dark red · ΔE 20.2 Firebrick · ΔE 23.6 Sienna · ΔE 28.5 Indian red · ΔE 28.8

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 15.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#077964

Analogous#790755, #792B07

Triadic#1C7907, #071C79

Split complementary#07792B, #075579

Tetradic#557907, #077964, #2B0779

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F55774

Lighter +30%#F2274C

Lighter +20%#D90D32

Lighter +10%#A90A27

Darker −10%#490411

Darker −20%#190106

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#800018

Less saturated −25%#691726

Channel breakdown

R121

B28

Red121 (47.5%)

Green7 (2.7%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue348.95°

Saturation (HSL)89.06%

Lightness25.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 07 · B 1C

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