Colour

#79302E

#79302E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#79302E is a red with RGB values 121, 48, 46 and HSL 2°, 45%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

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HEX#79302E

RGBrgb(121, 48, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1882, 0.1804

RGB percentages47.5%, 18.8%, 18%

HSLhsl(1.6, 44.9%, 32.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(1.6, 62%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 60.3%, 62%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,942,190

CSS custom property--colour: #79302E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06376WCAG 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 9.23:1

Contrast with white9.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3F3F3F

Inverted#86CFD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#423E2Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#544D2Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Tritanopia#852330no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 22.8 Brown · ΔE 23.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 25.2 Maroon · ΔE 26.7 Indian red · ΔE 26.9 Dark red · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 22.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E7779

Analogous#792E51, #79562E

Triadic#2E7930, #302E79

Split complementary#2E7956, #2E5179

Tetradic#51792E, #2E7779, #562E79

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D99C9A

Lighter +30%#CB7875

Lighter +20%#BD5350

Lighter +10%#9E3F3C

Darker −10%#542120

Darker −20%#2F1312

Darker −30%#0A0404

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8E1C19

Less saturated −25%#644443

Channel breakdown

R121

G48

B46

Red121 (47.5%)

Green48 (18.8%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue1.6°

Saturation (HSL)44.91%

Lightness32.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 30 · B 2E

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