Recognised as Colour

#79111D

#79111D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#79111D is a red with RGB values 121, 17, 29 and HSL 353°, 75%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#79111D#79111D

HEX#79111D

RGBrgb(121, 17, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.0667, 0.1137

RGB percentages47.5%, 6.7%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(353.1, 75.4%, 27.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.1, 86%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 86%, 76%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,934,237

CSS custom property--colour: #79111D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04555WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.99:1

Contrast with white10.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#86EEE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#332E1Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#4C4419no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original

Tritanopia#860017no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 15.9 Maroon · ΔE 16.4 Dark red · ΔE 20.6 Firebrick · ΔE 24 Sienna · ΔE 26.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 15.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#11796D

Analogous#791151, #793911

Triadic#1D7911, #111D79

Split complementary#117939, #115179

Tetradic#517911, #11796D, #391179

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EA6C7A

Lighter +30%#E43F52

Lighter +20%#D21E32

Lighter +10%#A61728

Darker −10%#4C0B12

Darker −20%#200408

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8A0010

Less saturated −25%#68222A

Channel breakdown

R121

G17

B29

Red121 (47.5%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue353.08°

Saturation (HSL)75.36%

Lightness27.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 11 · B 1D

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