Recognised as Colour

#791C1A

#791C1A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#791C1A is a red with RGB values 121, 28, 26 and HSL 1°, 65%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#791C1A

RGBrgb(121, 28, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1098, 0.102

RGB percentages47.5%, 11%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(1.3, 64.6%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.3, 78.5%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 76.9%, 78.5%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,937,050

CSS custom property--colour: #791C1A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.53:1

Contrast with white10.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#86E3E5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#383219no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#4F4616no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original

Tritanopia#86001Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 15 Brown · ΔE 15.6 Dark red · ΔE 19.3 Sienna · ΔE 22.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 22.9 Firebrick · ΔE 23.7

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 14.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1A7779

Analogous#791A47, #794B1A

Triadic#1A791C, #1C1A79

Split complementary#1A794C, #1A4779

Tetradic#48791A, #1A7779, #4C1A79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E37E7C

Lighter +30%#DA5552

Lighter +20%#CD2F2C

Lighter +10%#A32623

Darker −10%#4F1211

Darker −20%#250908

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8B0A08

Less saturated −25%#672E2C

Channel breakdown

R121

G28

B26

Red121 (47.5%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue1.26°

Saturation (HSL)64.63%

Lightness28.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 1C · B 1A

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