Recognised as Colour

#78111F

#78111F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#78111F is a red with RGB values 120, 17, 31 and HSL 352°, 75%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#78111F#78111F

HEX#78111F

RGBrgb(120, 17, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0667, 0.1216

RGB percentages47.1%, 6.7%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(351.8, 75.2%, 26.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.8, 85.8%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 85.8%, 74.2%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,868,703

CSS custom property--colour: #78111F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04493WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.06:1

Contrast with white11.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#87EEE0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#322E1Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B441Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original

Tritanopia#850018no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text11.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 17 Maroon · ΔE 17.9 Dark red · ΔE 22.1 Firebrick · ΔE 25.3 Sienna · ΔE 27.5 Indian red · ΔE 28.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#11786A

Analogous#781152, #783711

Triadic#1F7811, #111F78

Split complementary#117837, #115278

Tetradic#527811, #11786A, #371178

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EA6B7C

Lighter +30%#E43E55

Lighter +20%#D11E36

Lighter +10%#A5172B

Darker −10%#4B0B13

Darker −20%#1F0408

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#890013

Less saturated −25%#67222B

Channel breakdown

R120

G17

B31

Red120 (47.1%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue351.84°

Saturation (HSL)75.18%

Lightness26.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 11 · B 1F

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