Recognised as Colour

#792C1D

#792C1D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#792C1D is a red with RGB values 121, 44, 29 and HSL 10°, 61%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#792C1D#792C1D

HEX#792C1D

RGBrgb(121, 44, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1725, 0.1137

RGB percentages47.5%, 17.3%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(9.8, 61.3%, 29.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.8, 76%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 63.6%, 76%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,941,149

CSS custom property--colour: #792C1D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05955WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness74.9 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#86D3E2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#413A1Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#544B1Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Tritanopia#851A29no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 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

Sienna · ΔE 17.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 17.5 Brown · ΔE 19.2 Maroon · ΔE 19.4 Dark red · ΔE 23.4 Indian red · ΔE 27.4

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 17.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D6A79

Analogous#791D3C, #795A1D

Triadic#1D792C, #2C1D79

Split complementary#1D795A, #1D3C79

Tetradic#3C791D, #1D6A79, #5A1D79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E19181

Lighter +30%#D76D58

Lighter +20%#CB4A31

Lighter +10%#A23B27

Darker −10%#501D13

Darker −20%#270E09

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8C1F0A

Less saturated −25%#663930

Channel breakdown

R121

G44

B29

Red121 (47.5%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue9.78°

Saturation (HSL)61.33%

Lightness29.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 2C · B 1D

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