Recognised as Colour

#781D00

#781D00
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#781D00 is a red with RGB values 120, 29, 0 and HSL 15°, 100%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#781D00#781D00

HEX#781D00

RGBrgb(120, 29, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.1137, 0

RGB percentages47.1%, 11.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(14.5, 100%, 23.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(14.5, 100%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 75.8%, 100%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,871,744

CSS custom property--colour: #781D00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04872WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness69.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.64:1

Contrast with white10.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#87E2FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#393100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#504600no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original

Tritanopia#850018no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 9.9 Dark red · ΔE 13.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 16.4 Brown · ΔE 17.8 Sienna · ΔE 19.7 Firebrick · ΔE 21.8

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 9.9, clearly different but related

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#005B78

Analogous#78001F, #785900

Triadic#00781D, #1D0078

Split complementary#007859, #001F78

Tetradic#1F7800, #005B78, #590078

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF7245

Lighter +30%#FF4B12

Lighter +20%#DE3600

Lighter +10%#AB2900

Darker −10%#451100

Darker −20%#120400

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#781D00

Less saturated −25%#69250F

Channel breakdown

R120

G29

Red120 (47.1%)

Green29 (11.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue14.5°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness23.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 1D · B 00

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