Colour

#791A01

#791A01
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#791A01 is a red with RGB values 121, 26, 1 and HSL 13°, 98%, 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

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HEX#791A01

RGBrgb(121, 26, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.102, 0.0039

RGB percentages47.5%, 10.2%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(12.5, 98.4%, 23.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.5, 99.2%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 78.5%, 99.2%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,936,513

CSS custom property--colour: #791A01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04806WCAG 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#86E5FE

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 13.3 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 12 Brown · ΔE 16.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 17.7 Sienna · ΔE 20.5 Firebrick · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 8.4, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#016079

Analogous#790124, #795601

Triadic#01791A, #1A0179

Split complementary#017956, #012479

Tetradic#247901, #016079, #560179

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FD6E49

Lighter +30%#FD4616

Lighter +20%#DE3002

Lighter +10%#AC2501

Darker −10%#460F01

Darker −20%#140400

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7A1900

Less saturated −25%#6A2310

Channel breakdown

R121

G26

Red121 (47.5%)

Green26 (10.2%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue12.5°

Saturation (HSL)98.36%

Lightness23.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 1A · B 01

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