Colour

#79143B

#79143B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#79143B is a red with RGB values 121, 20, 59 and HSL 337°, 72%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#79143B#79143B

HEX#79143B

RGBrgb(121, 20, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.0784, 0.2314

RGB percentages47.5%, 7.8%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(336.8, 71.6%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(336.8, 83.5%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 83.5%, 51.2%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,935,035

CSS custom property--colour: #79143B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04881WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.63:1

Contrast with white10.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#86EBC4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2E323Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#494539no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original

Tritanopia#840026no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 29.8 Indian red · ΔE 32.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 34.3 Maroon · ΔE 34.9 Medium violet red · ΔE 37.2 Firebrick · ΔE 38.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 29.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#147952

Analogous#79146D, #792014

Triadic#3B7914, #143B79

Split complementary#147920, #146D79

Tetradic#6E7914, #147952, #201479

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8719F

Lighter +30%#E04681

Lighter +20%#D12266

Lighter +10%#A51B50

Darker −10%#4D0D26

Darker −20%#210610

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8B0237

Less saturated −25%#67263F

Channel breakdown

R121

G20

B59

Red121 (47.5%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue336.83°

Saturation (HSL)71.63%

Lightness27.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 14 · B 3B

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