Recognised as Colour

#78002E

#78002E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#78002E is a red with RGB values 120, 0, 46 and HSL 337°, 100%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#78002E#78002E

HEX#78002E

RGBrgb(120, 0, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0, 0.1804

RGB percentages47.1%, 0%, 18%

HSLhsl(337, 100%, 23.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(337, 100%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 61.7%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,864,366

CSS custom property--colour: #78002E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.43:1

Contrast with white11.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#87FFD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2A2B2Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original

Deuteranopia#47422Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50 from the original

Tritanopia#840018no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 25.1 Maroon · ΔE 28.7 Indian red · ΔE 31.9 Dark red · ΔE 32.4 Firebrick · ΔE 33 Pale violetred · ΔE 37.4

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 25.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00784A

Analogous#78006A, #780E00

Triadic#2E7800, #002E78

Split complementary#00780E, #006A78

Tetradic#6A7800, #00784A, #0E0078

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF458C

Lighter +30%#FF126D

Lighter +20%#DE0055

Lighter +10%#AB0042

Darker −10%#45001A

Darker −20%#120007

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#78002E

Less saturated −25%#690F32

Channel breakdown

R120

B46

Red120 (47.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue337°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness23.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 00 · B 2E

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