Recognised as Colour

#78173F

#78173F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#78173F is a red with RGB values 120, 23, 63 and HSL 335°, 68%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#78173F#78173F

HEX#78173F

RGBrgb(120, 23, 63)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0902, 0.2471

RGB percentages47.1%, 9%, 24.7%

HSLhsl(335.3, 67.8%, 28%)

HSV / HSBhsv(335.3, 80.8%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 80.8%, 47.5%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,870,271

CSS custom property--colour: #78173F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04965WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.54:1

Contrast with white10.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#87E8C0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2E3340no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#48463Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original

Tritanopia#830229no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 32.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 34 Indian red · ΔE 34.1 Medium violet red · ΔE 36.5 Maroon · ΔE 37.3 Purple · ΔE 40.6

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 32.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#177850

Analogous#781770, #781F17

Triadic#3F7817, #173F78

Split complementary#17781F, #177078

Tetradic#707817, #177850, #1F1778

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E576A4

Lighter +30%#DD4B87

Lighter +20%#CE276C

Lighter +10%#A31F55

Darker −10%#4D0F29

Darker −20%#220712

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8A053C

Less saturated −25%#662942

Channel breakdown

R120

G23

B63

Red120 (47.1%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue63 (24.7%)

Hue335.26°

Saturation (HSL)67.83%

Lightness28.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 17 · B 3F

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