Recognised as Colour

#780C27

#780C27
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#780C27 is a red with RGB values 120, 12, 39 and HSL 345°, 82%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#780C27

RGBrgb(120, 12, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0471, 0.1529

RGB percentages47.1%, 4.7%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(345, 81.8%, 25.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(345, 90%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 90%, 67.5%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,867,431

CSS custom property--colour: #780C27;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04402WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.17:1

Contrast with white11.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#252525

Inverted#87F3D8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2F2D27no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#494324no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original

Tritanopia#840019no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 20.5 Maroon · ΔE 23.2 Dark red · ΔE 27.1 Firebrick · ΔE 28.9 Indian red · ΔE 29.3 Sienna · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 20.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C785D

Analogous#780C5D, #78270C

Triadic#27780C, #0C2778

Split complementary#0C7827, #0C5D78

Tetradic#5D780C, #0C785D, #270C78

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EF6184

Lighter +30%#EB3260

Lighter +20%#D51545

Lighter +10%#A61136

Darker −10%#4A0718

Darker −20%#1B0309

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#840021

Less saturated −25%#681C2F

Channel breakdown

R120

G12

B39

Red120 (47.1%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue345°

Saturation (HSL)81.82%

Lightness25.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 0C · B 27

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