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Recognised as Colour

#79554D

  • #79554D
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#79554D is a red with RGB values 121, 85, 77 and HSL 11°, 22%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#79554D#79554D
HEX#79554D
RGBrgb(121, 85, 77)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.3333, 0.302
RGB percentages47.5%, 33.3%, 30.2%
HSLhsl(10.9, 22.2%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(10.9, 36.4%, 47.5%)
CMYK0%, 29.8%, 36.4%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,951,693
CSS custom property--colour: #79554D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11098WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness96.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.52:1
Contrast with white6.52:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#86AAB2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#5D594Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Deuteranopia#65604Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Tritanopia#815053no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.52:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.22:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 18Gray · ΔE 22.2Rosy brown · ΔE 24.4Slate grey · ΔE 29.6Sienna · ΔE 29.7Dark slate grey · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 18.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4D7179
Analogous#794D5B, #796B4D
Triadic#4D7955, #554D79
Split complementary#4D796B, #4D5B79
Tetradic#5B794D, #4D7179, #6B4D79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5C1BD
Lighter +30%#C1A49E
Lighter +20%#AD877F
Lighter +10%#986B61
Darker −10%#5A3F39
Darker −20%#3B2925
Darker −30%#1B1311
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#924534
Less saturated −25%#636363

Channel breakdown

R121
G85
B77
Red121 (47.5%)
Green85 (33.3%)
Blue77 (30.2%)
Hue10.91°
Saturation (HSL)22.22%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 79 · G 55 · B 4D

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