#791109

sRGB · 121 / 17 / 9

#791109 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 121 red, 17 green and 9 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 4.3° lands in the red region. Its 86.2% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 25.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.07:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 121, 17, 9
HSL: 4.29°, 86.15%, 25.49%
HSV / HSB: 4.29°, 92.56%, 47.45%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 85.95%, 92.56%, 52.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 8.135, 4.486, 0.696
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 25.218, 42.683, 33.525
WCAG relative luminance: 0.04486
24-bit decimal: 7934217

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #791109 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 1.90:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 11.07:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#097179 sits half a turn (180°) from #791109 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#791109 #097179

Analogous

#790939 and #794909 sit 30° to either side of #791109. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#790939 #791109 #794909

Triadic

#791109, #097911 and #110979 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#791109 #097911 #110979

Split complementary

Start at #791109 and look across the wheel. #097949 and #093979 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#791109 #097949 #093979

Square

Starting with #791109, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #397909, #097179, then #490979. Across the square, #791109 pairs with #097179, and #397909 with #490979.

#791109 #397909 #097179 #490979

Tetradic

#791109 and #097179 are opposites, as are #717909 and #110979. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#791109 #717909 #097179 #110979

Tints

Mixing #791109 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #94413A, keeps 80% of the original. By #E4CFCE, the mixture is 80% white.

#791109 #94413A #AF706B #C9A09D #E4CFCE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #791109 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #610E07, keeps 80% of the original. By #180302, the mixture is 80% black.

#791109 #610E07 #490A05 #300704 #180302 #000000

Tones

Mixing #791109 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #7A2721, keeps 80% of the original. By #7F6A68, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#791109 #7A2721 #7C3D39 #7D5450 #7F6A68 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#791109

RGB

rgb(121 17 9)

HSL

hsl(4.286 86.154% 25.490%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #791109;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#791109 uses 121 red, 17 green and 9 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 47.5%

Green 6.7%

Blue 3.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #791109 is 0.0% cyan, 86.0% magenta, 92.6% yellow and 52.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 86.0%

Yellow 92.6%

Black 52.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #771111. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #711 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #791109 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #660000, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #771111 Nearest web-safe · #660000

Gradient to complement

#791109 #66211C #54312E #414141 #2E5154 #1C6166 #097179

Color vision previews

Compare how #791109 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#342D06

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#4D4402

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#860011

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#552904

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#5C3803

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7A0E0F

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#3C3C3C

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#602C2B

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.19120 G 0.00561 B 0.00273

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.43438 G 0.11071 B 0.07154

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.15825 G 0.01177 B 0.00616

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.611 y 0.337 Y 4.486

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 52.549 M % 93.333 Y % 96.471

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01111001 00010001 00001001