Recognised as Colour

#78201D

#78201D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#78201D is a red with RGB values 120, 32, 29 and HSL 2°, 61%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#78201D#78201D

HEX#78201D

RGBrgb(120, 32, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.1255, 0.1137

RGB percentages47.1%, 12.5%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(2, 61.1%, 29.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2, 75.8%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 73.3%, 75.8%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,872,541

CSS custom property--colour: #78201D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05115WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness70.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.38:1

Contrast with white10.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#87DFE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#39341Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original

Deuteranopia#4F471Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original

Tritanopia#840220no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 17 Maroon · ΔE 17.2 Dark red · ΔE 21.6 Sienna · ΔE 22 Saddle brown · ΔE 22.8 Firebrick · ΔE 25.5

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 17.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D7578

Analogous#781D48, #784D1D

Triadic#1D7820, #201D78

Split complementary#1D784D, #1D4878

Tetradic#48781D, #1D7578, #4E1D78

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E08481

Lighter +30%#D75C57

Lighter +20%#CA3631

Lighter +10%#A12B27

Darker −10%#4F1513

Darker −20%#260A09

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8B0F0A

Less saturated −25%#653130

Channel breakdown

R120

G32

B29

Red120 (47.1%)

Green32 (12.5%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue1.98°

Saturation (HSL)61.07%

Lightness29.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 20 · B 1D

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