Recognised as Colour

#792B32

#792B32
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#792B32 is a red with RGB values 121, 43, 50 and HSL 355°, 48%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#792B32#792B32

HEX#792B32

RGBrgb(121, 43, 50)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1686, 0.1961

RGB percentages47.5%, 16.9%, 19.6%

HSLhsl(354.6, 47.6%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.6, 64.5%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 64.5%, 58.7%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,940,914

CSS custom property--colour: #792B32;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.53:1

Contrast with white9.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#86D4CD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3E3B32no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#524B30no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original

Tritanopia#841D2Eno 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 text9.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 24 Sienna · ΔE 26.7 Indian red · ΔE 27.3 Maroon · ΔE 28.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.6 Dark red · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 24.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B7972

Analogous#792B59, #794B2B

Triadic#32792B, #2B3279

Split complementary#2B794B, #2B5979

Tetradic#59792B, #2B7972, #4B2B79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DA969C

Lighter +30%#CC7179

Lighter +20%#BF4B55

Lighter +10%#9F3842

Darker −10%#531E22

Darker −20%#2E1013

Darker −30%#080303

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8D1621

Less saturated −25%#643F43

Channel breakdown

R121

G43

B50

Red121 (47.5%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue50 (19.6%)

Hue354.62°

Saturation (HSL)47.56%

Lightness32.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 2B · B 32

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