Recognised as Colour

#792F33

#792F33
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#792F33 is a red with RGB values 121, 47, 51 and HSL 357°, 44%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#792F33#792F33

HEX#792F33

RGBrgb(121, 47, 51)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1843, 0.2

RGB percentages47.5%, 18.4%, 20%

HSLhsl(356.8, 44%, 32.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.8, 61.2%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 61.2%, 57.9%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,941,939

CSS custom property--colour: #792F33;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06337WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness77.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.26:1

Contrast with white9.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#86D0CC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#413E33no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#534D31no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Tritanopia#842231no 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 text9.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 24.8 Sienna · ΔE 25.7 Indian red · ΔE 27.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 28.6 Maroon · ΔE 28.9 Dark red · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 24.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2F7975

Analogous#792F58, #79502F

Triadic#33792F, #2F3379

Split complementary#2F7950, #2F5879

Tetradic#58792F, #2F7975, #502F79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D89C9F

Lighter +30%#CA777B

Lighter +20%#BC5258

Lighter +10%#9E3D42

Darker −10%#542124

Darker −20%#301214

Darker −30%#0B0405

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8E1A20

Less saturated −25%#644446

Channel breakdown

R121

G47

B51

Red121 (47.5%)

Green47 (18.4%)

Blue51 (20%)

Hue356.76°

Saturation (HSL)44.05%

Lightness32.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 2F · B 33

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