Recognised as Colour

#792C33

#792C33
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#792C33 is a red with RGB values 121, 44, 51 and HSL 355°, 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

#792C33#792C33

HEX#792C33

RGBrgb(121, 44, 51)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1725, 0.2

RGB percentages47.5%, 17.3%, 20%

HSLhsl(354.5, 46.7%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354.5, 63.6%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 63.6%, 57.9%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,941,171

CSS custom property--colour: #792C33;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06105WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness76.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.45:1

Contrast with white9.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D

Inverted#86D3CC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3E3C33no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#524C31no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original

Tritanopia#841E2Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 24.5 Sienna · ΔE 26.9 Indian red · ΔE 27.4 Maroon · ΔE 28.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.8 Dark red · ΔE 32.7

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 24.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C7972

Analogous#792C5A, #794C2C

Triadic#33792C, #2C3379

Split complementary#2C794C, #2C5A79

Tetradic#59792C, #2C7972, #4B2C79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9989E

Lighter +30%#CC727A

Lighter +20%#BE4D57

Lighter +10%#9E3A43

Darker −10%#541E23

Darker −20%#2E1113

Darker −30%#090304

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8E1722

Less saturated −25%#644144

Channel breakdown

R121

G44

B51

Red121 (47.5%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue51 (20%)

Hue354.55°

Saturation (HSL)46.67%

Lightness32.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 2C · B 33

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