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Recognised as Colour

#79353D

  • #79353D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sienna

#79353D is a red with RGB values 121, 53, 61 and HSL 353°, 39%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#79353D#79353D
HEX#79353D
RGBrgb(121, 53, 61)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2078, 0.2392
RGB percentages47.5%, 20.8%, 23.9%
HSLhsl(352.9, 39.1%, 34.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(352.9, 56.2%, 47.5%)
CMYK0%, 56.2%, 49.6%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,943,485
CSS custom property--colour: #79353D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06948WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.79:1
Contrast with white8.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#86CAC2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#44423Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#55503Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Tritanopia#842C38no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 28.8Indian red · ΔE 28.9Brown · ΔE 29.1Saddle brown · ΔE 32.2Pale violetred · ΔE 33.8Maroon · ΔE 34.1
Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 28.8, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#357971
Analogous#79355F, #794F35
Triadic#3D7935, #353D79
Split complementary#35794F, #355F79
Tetradic#5F7935, #357971, #4F3579

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7A3A9
Lighter +30%#C78088
Lighter +20%#B85C67
Lighter +10%#9C454F
Darker −10%#56252B
Darker −20%#321619
Darker −30%#0F0607
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8F1F2C
Less saturated −25%#634B4E

Channel breakdown

R121
G53
B61
Red121 (47.5%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue61 (23.9%)
Hue352.94°
Saturation (HSL)39.08%
Lightness34.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 79 · G 35 · B 3D

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