Recognised as Colour

#78001F

#78001F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#78001F is a red with RGB values 120, 0, 31 and HSL 345°, 100%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#78001F#78001F

HEX#78001F

RGBrgb(120, 0, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0, 0.1216

RGB percentages47.1%, 0%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(344.5, 100%, 23.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.5, 100%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 74.2%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,864,351

CSS custom property--colour: #78001F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04092WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness66.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.55:1

Contrast with white11.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#87FFE0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2D2A1Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#49411Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.4 from the original

Tritanopia#850010no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 17.9 Maroon · ΔE 18.9 Dark red · ΔE 22.8 Firebrick · ΔE 25.5 Indian red · ΔE 29.6 Sienna · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 17.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#007859

Analogous#78005B, #781D00

Triadic#1F7800, #001F78

Split complementary#00781D, #005B78

Tetradic#5B7800, #007859, #1D0078

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF4575

Lighter +30%#FF124F

Lighter +20%#DE0039

Lighter +10%#AB002C

Darker −10%#450012

Darker −20%#120005

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#78001F

Less saturated −25%#690F26

Channel breakdown

R120

B31

Red120 (47.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue344.5°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness23.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 00 · B 1F

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