Recognised as Colour

#79394B

#79394B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Pale violetred

#79394B is a red with RGB values 121, 57, 75 and HSL 343°, 36%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

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HEX#79394B

RGBrgb(121, 57, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2235, 0.2941

RGB percentages47.5%, 22.4%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(343.1, 36%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(343.1, 52.9%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 52.9%, 38%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,944,523

CSS custom property--colour: #79394B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07499WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness83.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.4:1

Contrast with white8.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#484848

Inverted#86C6B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#44464Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#54524Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original

Tritanopia#823340no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 31.8 Dim grey · ΔE 32.2 Indian red · ΔE 32.2 Rosy brown · ΔE 33.6 Brown · ΔE 34.8 Sienna · ΔE 35.2

Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 31.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#397967

Analogous#79396B, #794739

Triadic#4B7939, #394B79

Split complementary#397947, #396B79

Tetradic#6B7939, #397967, #473979

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D6A8B5

Lighter +30%#C68597

Lighter +20%#B5637A

Lighter +10%#9C4960

Darker −10%#562936

Darker −20%#341820

Darker −30%#11080B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8F2341

Less saturated −25%#634F55

Channel breakdown

R121

G57

B75

Red121 (47.5%)

Green57 (22.4%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue343.13°

Saturation (HSL)35.96%

Lightness34.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 39 · B 4B

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