Recognised as Colour

#79223F

#79223F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#79223F is a red with RGB values 121, 34, 63 and HSL 340°, 56%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#79223F#79223F

HEX#79223F

RGBrgb(121, 34, 63)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1333, 0.2471

RGB percentages47.5%, 13.3%, 24.7%

HSLhsl(340, 56.1%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(340, 71.9%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 71.9%, 47.9%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,938,623

CSS custom property--colour: #79223F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05568WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.94:1

Contrast with white9.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#373737

Inverted#86DDC0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#353840no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#4C493Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.3 from the original

Tritanopia#84142Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 30.3 Indian red · ΔE 31.7 Pale violetred · ΔE 32.9 Maroon · ΔE 35.7 Sienna · ΔE 37.3 Firebrick · ΔE 39.3

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 30.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#22795C

Analogous#79226A, #793022

Triadic#3F7922, #223F79

Split complementary#227930, #226B79

Tetradic#6A7922, #22795C, #312279

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DE89A5

Lighter +30%#D36187

Lighter +20%#C83969

Lighter +10%#A12D54

Darker −10%#51172A

Darker −20%#290C16

Darker −30%#020001

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8C0F39

Less saturated −25%#663545

Channel breakdown

R121

G34

B63

Red121 (47.5%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue63 (24.7%)

Hue340°

Saturation (HSL)56.13%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 22 · B 3F

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