Colour

#792A12

#792A12
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#792A12 is a red with RGB values 121, 42, 18 and HSL 14°, 74%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#792A12

RGBrgb(121, 42, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1647, 0.0706

RGB percentages47.5%, 16.5%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(14, 74.1%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(14, 85.1%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 65.3%, 85.1%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,940,626

CSS custom property--colour: #792A12;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05765WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.75:1

Contrast with white9.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#86D5ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#41390Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#544A0Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original

Tritanopia#861525no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 13.9 Sienna · ΔE 15.8 Maroon · ΔE 16.2 Brown · ΔE 18.7 Dark red · ΔE 19.8 Firebrick · ΔE 25.4

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 13.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#126179

Analogous#79122E, #795D12

Triadic#12792A, #2A1279

Split complementary#12795E, #122D79

Tetradic#2E7912, #126179, #5D1279

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E98A6E

Lighter +30%#E36741

Lighter +20%#D2491F

Lighter +10%#A53919

Darker −10%#4D1B0B

Darker −20%#200B05

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8A2101

Less saturated −25%#683323

Channel breakdown

R121

G42

B18

Red121 (47.5%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue13.98°

Saturation (HSL)74.1%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 2A · B 12

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