Colour

#78001A

#78001A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#78001A is a red with RGB values 120, 0, 26 and HSL 347°, 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

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HEX#78001A

RGBrgb(120, 0, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0, 0.102

RGB percentages47.1%, 0%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(347, 100%, 23.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347, 100%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 78.3%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,864,346

CSS custom property--colour: #78001A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04068WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.58:1

Contrast with white11.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#87FFE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2D291Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#494116no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original

Tritanopia#85000Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 15.7 Brown · ΔE 16.1 Dark red · ΔE 19.7 Firebrick · ΔE 23.4 Sienna · ΔE 29.4 Indian red · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 15.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00785E

Analogous#780056, #782200

Triadic#1A7800, #001A78

Split complementary#007822, #005678

Tetradic#567800, #00785E, #220078

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF456D

Lighter +30%#FF1245

Lighter +20%#DE0030

Lighter +10%#AB0025

Darker −10%#45000F

Darker −20%#120004

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#78001A

Less saturated −25%#690F23

Channel breakdown

R120

B26

Red120 (47.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue347°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness23.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 00 · B 1A

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