Recognised as Colour

#78040A

#78040A
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#78040A is a red with RGB values 120, 4, 10 and HSL 357°, 94%, 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 Maroon.

Colour values

#78040A#78040A

HEX#78040A

RGBrgb(120, 4, 10)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0157, 0.0392

RGB percentages47.1%, 1.6%, 3.9%

HSLhsl(356.9, 93.5%, 24.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356.9, 96.7%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 96.7%, 91.7%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,865,354

CSS custom property--colour: #78040A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04102WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.54:1

Contrast with white11.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#87FBF5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#302A08no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 49.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#4A4103no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.7 from the original

Tritanopia#850009no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 7 Dark red · ΔE 11.8 Brown · ΔE 14.3 Firebrick · ΔE 19.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 24.9 Sienna · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 6.96, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#047872

Analogous#780444, #783804

Triadic#0A7804, #040A78

Split complementary#047838, #044478

Tetradic#447804, #047872, #380478

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F94F58

Lighter +30%#F71E29

Lighter +20%#DB0712

Lighter +10%#A9060E

Darker −10%#470206

Darker −20%#150102

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7C0006

Less saturated −25%#691418

Channel breakdown

R120

B10

Red120 (47.1%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue10 (3.9%)

Hue356.9°

Saturation (HSL)93.55%

Lightness24.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 04 · B 0A

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