Recognised as Colour

#792C2F

#792C2F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#792C2F is a red with RGB values 121, 44, 47 and HSL 358°, 47%, 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

#792C2F#792C2F

HEX#792C2F

RGBrgb(121, 44, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1725, 0.1843

RGB percentages47.5%, 17.3%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(357.7, 46.7%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(357.7, 63.6%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 63.6%, 61.2%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,941,167

CSS custom property--colour: #792C2F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.48:1

Contrast with white9.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D

Inverted#86D3D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3F3C2Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#524C2Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Tritanopia#851E2Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 23 Sienna · ΔE 24.8 Maroon · ΔE 26.7 Indian red · ΔE 27 Saddle brown · ΔE 27.4 Dark red · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 23.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C7976

Analogous#792C55, #79502C

Triadic#2F792C, #2C2F79

Split complementary#2C7950, #2C5579

Tetradic#55792C, #2C7976, #502C79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9989A

Lighter +30%#CC7276

Lighter +20%#BE4D51

Lighter +10%#9E3A3E

Darker −10%#541E20

Darker −20%#2E1112

Darker −30%#090303

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8E171C

Less saturated −25%#644142

Channel breakdown

R121

G44

B47

Red121 (47.5%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue357.66°

Saturation (HSL)46.67%

Lightness32.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 2C · B 2F

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