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Recognised as Colour

#780B40

  • #780B40
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#780B40 is a red with RGB values 120, 11, 64 and HSL 331°, 83%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#780B40#780B40
HEX#780B40
RGBrgb(120, 11, 64)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0431, 0.251
RGB percentages47.1%, 4.3%, 25.1%
HSLhsl(330.8, 83.2%, 25.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(330.8, 90.8%, 47.1%)
CMYK0%, 90.8%, 46.7%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,867,200
CSS custom property--colour: #780B40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04603WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness69.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.93:1
Contrast with white10.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#262626
Inverted#87F4BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#283041no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#45443Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Tritanopia#830025no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 33.8Brown · ΔE 34.1Pale violetred · ΔE 35.1Indian red · ΔE 36.4Purple · ΔE 37.5Maroon · ΔE 39.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 33.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0B7843
Analogous#780B76, #780C0B
Triadic#40780B, #0B4078
Split complementary#0B780C, #0B7678
Tetradic#77780B, #0B7843, #0D0B78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F05FA5
Lighter +30%#EC308B
Lighter +20%#D51472
Lighter +10%#A70F59
Darker −10%#490727
Darker −20%#1B020E
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#830040
Less saturated −25%#681B40

Channel breakdown

R120
G11
B64
Red120 (47.1%)
Green11 (4.3%)
Blue64 (25.1%)
Hue330.83°
Saturation (HSL)83.21%
Lightness25.69%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 78 · G 0B · B 40

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