Recognised as Colour

#78003B

#78003B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#78003B is a red with RGB values 120, 0, 59 and HSL 331°, 100%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#78003B#78003B

HEX#78003B

RGBrgb(120, 0, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0, 0.2314

RGB percentages47.1%, 0%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(330.5, 100%, 23.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(330.5, 100%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 50.8%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,864,379

CSS custom property--colour: #78003B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04309WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.28:1

Contrast with white11.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#87FFC4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#262D3Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49 from the original

Deuteranopia#454238no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.8 from the original

Tritanopia#830020no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 32.4 Medium violet red · ΔE 34.1 Indian red · ΔE 35.9 Pale violetred · ΔE 36 Maroon · ΔE 37.2 Purple · ΔE 39.1

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 32.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00783D

Analogous#780077, #780100

Triadic#3B7800, #003B78

Split complementary#007801, #007778

Tetradic#777800, #00783D, #010078

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF45A0

Lighter +30%#FF1287

Lighter +20%#DE006D

Lighter +10%#AB0054

Darker −10%#450022

Darker −20%#120009

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#78003B

Less saturated −25%#690F3B

Channel breakdown

R120

B59

Red120 (47.1%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue330.5°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness23.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 00 · B 3B

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