Recognised as Colour

#792A33

#792A33
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#792A33 is a red with RGB values 121, 42, 51 and HSL 353°, 48%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#792A33#792A33

HEX#792A33

RGBrgb(121, 42, 51)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1647, 0.2

RGB percentages47.5%, 16.5%, 20%

HSLhsl(353.2, 48.5%, 32%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.2, 65.3%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 65.3%, 57.9%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,940,659

CSS custom property--colour: #792A33;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0596WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.58:1

Contrast with white9.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3B3B3B

Inverted#86D5CC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3D3B33no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original

Deuteranopia#514B31no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original

Tritanopia#841C2Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 24.3 Indian red · ΔE 27.6 Sienna · ΔE 27.7 Maroon · ΔE 28.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.6 Dark red · ΔE 32.6

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 24.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A7970

Analogous#792A5B, #79482A

Triadic#33792A, #2A3379

Split complementary#2A7948, #2A5B79

Tetradic#5B792A, #2A7970, #482A79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DA959D

Lighter +30%#CD6F7A

Lighter +20%#C04957

Lighter +10%#9F3743

Darker −10%#531D23

Darker −20%#2D1013

Darker −30%#070303

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8D1623

Less saturated −25%#653E43

Channel breakdown

R121

G42

B51

Red121 (47.5%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue51 (20%)

Hue353.16°

Saturation (HSL)48.47%

Lightness31.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 2A · B 33

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