Colour

#78241B

#78241B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#78241B is a red with RGB values 120, 36, 27 and HSL 6°, 63%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#78241B

RGBrgb(120, 36, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.1412, 0.1059

RGB percentages47.1%, 14.1%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(5.8, 63.3%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.8, 77.5%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 70%, 77.5%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,873,563

CSS custom property--colour: #78241B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05334WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness71.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.16:1

Contrast with white10.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#353535

Inverted#87DBE4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3C3619no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#514818no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original

Tritanopia#840B23no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text10.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 17.1 Brown · ΔE 17.4 Sienna · ΔE 19.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 20.2 Dark red · ΔE 21.3 Firebrick · ΔE 25.7

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 17.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B6F78

Analogous#781B41, #78531B

Triadic#1B7824, #241B78

Split complementary#1B7852, #1B4178

Tetradic#40781B, #1B6F78, #521B78

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E2877D

Lighter +30%#D86054

Lighter +20%#CB3D2E

Lighter +10%#A23024

Darker −10%#4E1812

Darker −20%#250B08

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8A1509

Less saturated −25%#66332D

Channel breakdown

R120

G36

B27

Red120 (47.1%)

Green36 (14.1%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue5.81°

Saturation (HSL)63.27%

Lightness28.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 24 · B 1B

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