Recognised as Colour

#791E0C

#791E0C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#791E0C is a red with RGB values 121, 30, 12 and HSL 10°, 82%, 26%. 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#791E0C

RGBrgb(121, 30, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1176, 0.0471

RGB percentages47.5%, 11.8%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(9.9, 82%, 26.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.9, 90.1%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 75.2%, 90.1%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,937,548

CSS custom property--colour: #791E0C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0502WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.48:1

Contrast with white10.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#303030

Inverted#86E1F3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3A3208no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#504706no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original

Tritanopia#86001Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 10.7 Dark red · ΔE 14.8 Brown · ΔE 15.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 17.6 Sienna · ΔE 19.4 Firebrick · ΔE 21.8

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 10.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C6779

Analogous#790C31, #79540C

Triadic#0C791E, #1E0C79

Split complementary#0C7954, #0C3179

Tetradic#31790C, #0C6779, #540C79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EF7962

Lighter +30%#EB5233

Lighter +20%#D63515

Lighter +10%#A72A11

Darker −10%#4B1207

Darker −20%#1C0703

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#851600

Less saturated −25%#68291D

Channel breakdown

R121

G30

B12

Red121 (47.5%)

Green30 (11.8%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue9.91°

Saturation (HSL)81.95%

Lightness26.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 1E · B 0C

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