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Recognised as Colour

#78153B

  • #78153B
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Brown

#78153B is a red with RGB values 120, 21, 59 and HSL 337°, 70%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#78153B#78153B
HEX#78153B
RGBrgb(120, 21, 59)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0824, 0.2314
RGB percentages47.1%, 8.2%, 23.1%
HSLhsl(337, 70.2%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(337, 82.5%, 47.1%)
CMYK0%, 82.5%, 50.8%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,869,755
CSS custom property--colour: #78153B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04845WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness70.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.67:1
Contrast with white10.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#87EAC4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2E323Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#484539no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Tritanopia#830026no 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 text10.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 30.1Indian red · ΔE 33.1Pale violetred · ΔE 34.4Maroon · ΔE 35.1Medium violet red · ΔE 37.6Firebrick · ΔE 38.6
Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 30.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#157852
Analogous#78156C, #782015
Triadic#3B7815, #153B78
Split complementary#157820, #156C78
Tetradic#6D7815, #157852, #211578

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6739F
Lighter +30%#DF4781
Lighter +20%#CF2466
Lighter +10%#A31D50
Darker −10%#4D0D26
Darker −20%#210610
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#8A0337
Less saturated −25%#66273F

Channel breakdown

R120
G21
B59
Red120 (47.1%)
Green21 (8.2%)
Blue59 (23.1%)
Hue336.97°
Saturation (HSL)70.21%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 78 · G 15 · B 3B

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