Colour

#79363B

#79363B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Sienna

#79363B is a red with RGB values 121, 54, 59 and HSL 356°, 38%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sienna.

Colour values

#79363B#79363B

HEX#79363B

RGBrgb(121, 54, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2118, 0.2314

RGB percentages47.5%, 21.2%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(355.5, 38.3%, 34.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(355.5, 55.4%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 55.4%, 51.2%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,943,739

CSS custom property--colour: #79363B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07019WCAG 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 8.74:1

Contrast with white8.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#86C9C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#45423Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#56503Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Tritanopia#842D38no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Sienna · ΔE 27.3 Brown · ΔE 28.5 Indian red · ΔE 28.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.6 Maroon · ΔE 33.2 Dim grey · ΔE 34.1

Nearest named CSS colourSienna (#A0522D)ΔE 27.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#367974

Analogous#79365D, #795236

Triadic#3B7936, #363B79

Split complementary#367953, #365D79

Tetradic#5D7936, #367974, #523679

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D7A4A8

Lighter +30%#C78186

Lighter +20%#B75E65

Lighter +10%#9C464C

Darker −10%#56262A

Darker −20%#321719

Darker −30%#0F0707

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8F2028

Less saturated −25%#634C4E

Channel breakdown

R121

G54

B59

Red121 (47.5%)

Green54 (21.2%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue355.52°

Saturation (HSL)38.29%

Lightness34.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 36 · B 3B

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