Recognised as Colour

#79282A

#79282A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#79282A is a red with RGB values 121, 40, 42 and HSL 359°, 50%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#79282A

RGBrgb(121, 40, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1569, 0.1647

RGB percentages47.5%, 15.7%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(358.5, 50.3%, 31.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.5, 66.9%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 66.9%, 65.3%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,940,138

CSS custom property--colour: #79282A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0575WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.77:1

Contrast with white9.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#86D7D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3D3929no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#514A28no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Tritanopia#851629no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 20.9 Maroon · ΔE 23.9 Sienna · ΔE 24 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.2 Indian red · ΔE 26.7 Dark red · ΔE 28

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 20.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#287977

Analogous#792853, #794F28

Triadic#2A7928, #282A79

Split complementary#28794F, #285379

Tetradic#527928, #287977, #4E2879

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DB9294

Lighter +30%#CE6C6E

Lighter +20%#C24548

Lighter +10%#9F3537

Darker −10%#531B1D

Darker −20%#2C0F0F

Darker −30%#060202

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8D1417

Less saturated −25%#653C3D

Channel breakdown

R121

G40

B42

Red121 (47.5%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue358.52°

Saturation (HSL)50.31%

Lightness31.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 28 · B 2A

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