Recognised as Colour

#78000C

#78000C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#78000C is a red with RGB values 120, 0, 12 and HSL 354°, 100%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#78000C#78000C

HEX#78000C

RGBrgb(120, 0, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0, 0.0471

RGB percentages47.1%, 0%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(354, 100%, 23.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(354, 100%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 90%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,864,332

CSS custom property--colour: #78000C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0402WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.64:1

Contrast with white11.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A

Inverted#87FFF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2E290Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#4A4104no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original

Tritanopia#850007no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 7.8 Dark red · ΔE 12.4 Brown · ΔE 14.2 Firebrick · ΔE 19.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 26.1 Sienna · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 7.78, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00786C

Analogous#780048, #783000

Triadic#0C7800, #000C78

Split complementary#007830, #004878

Tetradic#487800, #00786C, #300078

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF4558

Lighter +30%#FF122A

Lighter +20%#DE0016

Lighter +10%#AB0011

Darker −10%#450007

Darker −20%#120002

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#78000C

Less saturated −25%#690F18

Channel breakdown

R120

B12

Red120 (47.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue354°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness23.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 00 · B 0C

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