Recognised as Colour

#792D22

#792D22
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#792D22 is a red with RGB values 121, 45, 34 and HSL 8°, 56%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#792D22

RGBrgb(121, 45, 34)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1765, 0.1333

RGB percentages47.5%, 17.6%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(7.6, 56.1%, 30.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(7.6, 71.9%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 62.8%, 71.9%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,941,410

CSS custom property--colour: #792D22;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.5:1

Contrast with white9.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#3C3C3C

Inverted#86D2DD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#413B20no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#544C20no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Tritanopia#851C2Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 18.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 19.6 Brown · ΔE 20.1 Maroon · ΔE 21.3 Dark red · ΔE 25.3 Indian red · ΔE 26.9

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 18.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#226E79

Analogous#792242, #795922

Triadic#22792D, #2D2279

Split complementary#227959, #224279

Tetradic#427922, #226E79, #592279

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DE9489

Lighter +30%#D37061

Lighter +20%#C84B39

Lighter +10%#A13C2D

Darker −10%#511E17

Darker −20%#290F0C

Darker −30%#020100

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8C1F0F

Less saturated −25%#663B35

Channel breakdown

R121

G45

B34

Red121 (47.5%)

Green45 (17.6%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue7.59°

Saturation (HSL)56.13%

Lightness30.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 2D · B 22

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