Colour

#79313E

#79313E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#79313E is a red with RGB values 121, 49, 62 and HSL 349°, 42%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#79313E

RGBrgb(121, 49, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.1922, 0.2431

RGB percentages47.5%, 19.2%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(349.2, 42.4%, 33.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349.2, 59.5%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 59.5%, 48.8%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,942,462

CSS custom property--colour: #79313E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06609WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.04:1

Contrast with white9.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#414141

Inverted#86CEC1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#40403Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original

Deuteranopia#534E3Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Tritanopia#842736no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 29.2 Indian red · ΔE 29.3 Sienna · ΔE 30.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 33.1 Maroon · ΔE 34.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 34.4

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 29.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#31796C

Analogous#793162, #794831

Triadic#3E7931, #313E79

Split complementary#317948, #316279

Tetradic#627931, #31796C, #483179

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D89EA9

Lighter +30%#C97A88

Lighter +20%#BA5668

Lighter +10%#9D4051

Darker −10%#55222B

Darker −20%#301419

Darker −30%#0C0506

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8E1C30

Less saturated −25%#64464C

Channel breakdown

R121

G49

B62

Red121 (47.5%)

Green49 (19.2%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue349.17°

Saturation (HSL)42.35%

Lightness33.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 31 · B 3E

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