Recognised as Colour

#78072C

#78072C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#78072C is a red with RGB values 120, 7, 44 and HSL 340°, 89%, 25%. 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

#78072C#78072C

HEX#78072C

RGBrgb(120, 7, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0275, 0.1725

RGB percentages47.1%, 2.7%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(340.4, 89%, 24.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(340.4, 94.2%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 94.2%, 63.3%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,866,156

CSS custom property--colour: #78072C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04327WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.26:1

Contrast with white11.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#222222

Inverted#87F8D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C2C2Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#484229no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.2 from the original

Tritanopia#840019no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 23.4 Maroon · ΔE 26.8 Dark red · ΔE 30.6 Indian red · ΔE 30.7 Firebrick · ΔE 31.6 Sienna · ΔE 35.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 23.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#077853

Analogous#780764, #781B07

Triadic#2C7807, #072C78

Split complementary#07781B, #076478

Tetradic#647807, #077853, #1B0778

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5568A

Lighter +30%#F22669

Lighter +20%#D80D4F

Lighter +10%#A80A3E

Darker −10%#48041A

Darker −20%#180109

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#7F002A

Less saturated −25%#681731

Channel breakdown

R120

B44

Red120 (47.1%)

Green7 (2.7%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue340.35°

Saturation (HSL)88.98%

Lightness24.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 07 · B 2C

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