Colour

#791A00

#791A00
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#791A00 is a red with RGB values 121, 26, 0 and HSL 13°, 100%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#791A00#791A00

HEX#791A00

RGBrgb(121, 26, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.102, 0

RGB percentages47.5%, 10.2%, 0%

HSLhsl(12.9, 100%, 23.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.9, 100%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 78.5%, 100%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,936,512

CSS custom property--colour: #791A00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04804WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.71:1

Contrast with white10.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C

Inverted#86E5FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#383000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#4F4600no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original

Tritanopia#860016no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 8.4 Dark red · ΔE 11.9 Brown · ΔE 16.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 17.6 Sienna · ΔE 20.6 Firebrick · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 8.41, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#005F79

Analogous#790023, #795600

Triadic#00791A, #1A0079

Split complementary#007956, #002379

Tetradic#237900, #005F79, #560079

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF6E46

Lighter +30%#FF4613

Lighter +20%#DF3000

Lighter +10%#AC2500

Darker −10%#460F00

Darker −20%#130400

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#791A00

Less saturated −25%#6A230F

Channel breakdown

R121

G26

Red121 (47.5%)

Green26 (10.2%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue12.89°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness23.73%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 1A · B 00

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