Recognised as Colour

#78182C

#78182C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#78182C is a red with RGB values 120, 24, 44 and HSL 348°, 67%, 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

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HEX#78182C

RGBrgb(120, 24, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.0941, 0.1725

RGB percentages47.1%, 9.4%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(347.5, 66.7%, 28.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(347.5, 80%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 80%, 63.3%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,870,508

CSS custom property--colour: #78182C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04828WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.68:1

Contrast with white10.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#87E7D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#33312Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#4B4529no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original

Tritanopia#840021no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 22 Maroon · ΔE 25.5 Indian red · ΔE 28.7 Dark red · ΔE 29.5 Firebrick · ΔE 30.9 Sienna · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 22.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#187864

Analogous#78185C, #783418

Triadic#2C7818, #182C78

Split complementary#187834, #185C78

Tetradic#5C7818, #187864, #341878

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E4788F

Lighter +30%#DB4E6B

Lighter +20%#CD294B

Lighter +10%#A3213C

Darker −10%#4E101C

Darker −20%#23070D

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8A0621

Less saturated −25%#662A36

Channel breakdown

R120

G24

B44

Red120 (47.1%)

Green24 (9.4%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue347.5°

Saturation (HSL)66.67%

Lightness28.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 18 · B 2C

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