Recognised as Colour

#79222E

#79222E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#79222E is a red with RGB values 121, 34, 46 and HSL 352°, 56%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#79222E

RGBrgb(121, 34, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1333, 0.1804

RGB percentages47.5%, 13.3%, 18%

HSLhsl(351.7, 56.1%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.7, 71.9%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 71.9%, 62%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,938,606

CSS custom property--colour: #79222E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05406WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.09:1

Contrast with white10.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#86DDD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#39362Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#4F482Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Tritanopia#850D27no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 22.1 Maroon · ΔE 25.8 Indian red · ΔE 27.5 Sienna · ΔE 28.2 Dark red · ΔE 29.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 22.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#22796D

Analogous#79225A, #794222

Triadic#2E7922, #222E79

Split complementary#227941, #225A79

Tetradic#5A7922, #22796D, #412279

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DE8995

Lighter +30%#D36171

Lighter +20%#C8394D

Lighter +10%#A12D3D

Darker −10%#51171F

Darker −20%#290C10

Darker −30%#020001

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8C0F20

Less saturated −25%#66353C

Channel breakdown

R121

G34

B46

Red121 (47.5%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue351.72°

Saturation (HSL)56.13%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 22 · B 2E

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