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Recognised as Colour

#79353F

  • #79353F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Indian red

#79353F is a red with RGB values 121, 53, 63 and HSL 351°, 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 Indian red.

Colour values

#79353F#79353F
HEX#79353F
RGBrgb(121, 53, 63)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2078, 0.2471
RGB percentages47.5%, 20.8%, 24.7%
HSLhsl(351.2, 39.1%, 34.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(351.2, 56.2%, 47.5%)
CMYK0%, 56.2%, 47.9%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,943,487
CSS custom property--colour: #79353F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0697WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.77:1
Contrast with white8.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#444444
Inverted#86CAC0

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#43423Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#54503Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Tritanopia#832C39no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourIndian red (#CD5C5C)ΔE 29.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#35796F
Analogous#793561, #794D35
Triadic#3F7935, #353F79
Split complementary#35794D, #356179
Tetradic#617935, #35796F, #4D3579

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#D7A3AB
Lighter +30%#C7808A
Lighter +20%#B85C6A
Lighter +10%#9C4551
Darker −10%#56252D
Darker −20%#32161A
Darker −30%#0F0608
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8F1F30
Less saturated −25%#634B4E

Channel breakdown

R121
G53
B63
Red121 (47.5%)
Green53 (20.8%)
Blue63 (24.7%)
Hue351.18°
Saturation (HSL)39.08%
Lightness34.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 79 · G 35 · B 3F

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