Recognised as Colour

#79464D

#79464D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Dim grey

#79464D is a red with RGB values 121, 70, 77 and HSL 352°, 27%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#79464D#79464D

HEX#79464D

RGBrgb(121, 70, 77)

RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.2745, 0.302

RGB percentages47.5%, 27.5%, 30.2%

HSLhsl(351.8, 26.7%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.8, 42.1%, 47.5%)

CMYK0%, 42.1%, 36.4%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,947,853

CSS custom property--colour: #79464D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08981WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.51:1

Contrast with white7.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#515151

Inverted#86B9B2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4F4F4Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#5C584Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original

Tritanopia#824149no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 24.9 Rosy brown · ΔE 28.3 Gray · ΔE 29.3 Sienna · ΔE 32 Indian red · ΔE 32.8 Pale violetred · ΔE 33.9

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 24.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#467972

Analogous#794667, #795946

Triadic#4D7946, #464D79

Split complementary#467958, #466779

Tetradic#677946, #467972, #584679

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5B6BA

Lighter +30%#C2969C

Lighter +20%#AF767D

Lighter +10%#995962

Darker −10%#593338

Darker −20%#382124

Darker −30%#180E0F

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#912E3C

Less saturated −25%#615E5E

Channel breakdown

R121

G70

B77

Red121 (47.5%)

Green70 (27.5%)

Blue77 (30.2%)

Hue351.76°

Saturation (HSL)26.7%

Lightness37.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 79 · G 46 · B 4D

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