Recognised as Colour

#78112C

#78112C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#78112C is a red with RGB values 120, 17, 44 and HSL 344°, 75%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#78112C

RGBrgb(120, 17, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0667, 0.1725

RGB percentages47.1%, 6.7%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(344.3, 75.2%, 26.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(344.3, 85.8%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 85.8%, 63.3%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,868,716

CSS custom property--colour: #78112C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04576WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.97:1

Contrast with white10.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#87EED3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#302F2Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#4A4429no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original

Tritanopia#84001Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.92:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 22.6 Maroon · ΔE 26 Indian red · ΔE 29.6 Dark red · ΔE 29.9 Firebrick · ΔE 31.2 Sienna · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 22.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#11785D

Analogous#781160, #782911

Triadic#2C7811, #112C78

Split complementary#11782A, #116078

Tetradic#5F7811, #11785D, #291178

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EA6B8C

Lighter +30%#E43E6A

Lighter +20%#D11E4D

Lighter +10%#A5173C

Darker −10%#4B0B1C

Darker −20%#1F040B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#890024

Less saturated −25%#672234

Channel breakdown

R120

G17

B44

Red120 (47.1%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue344.27°

Saturation (HSL)75.18%

Lightness26.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 11 · B 2C

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