Colour

#78271F

#78271F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#78271F is a red with RGB values 120, 39, 31 and HSL 5°, 59%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

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HEX#78271F

RGBrgb(120, 39, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.1529, 0.1216

RGB percentages47.1%, 15.3%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(5.4, 58.9%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.4, 74.2%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 67.5%, 74.2%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,874,335

CSS custom property--colour: #78271F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05543WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness72.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.96:1

Contrast with white9.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#87D8E0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3D371Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#52491Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original

Tritanopia#841226no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 18.6 Maroon · ΔE 19.2 Sienna · ΔE 20 Saddle brown · ΔE 20.8 Dark red · ΔE 23.4 Indian red · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 18.58, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1F7078

Analogous#781F44, #78541F

Triadic#1F7827, #271F78

Split complementary#1F7854, #1F4378

Tetradic#43781F, #1F7078, #531F78

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DF8C84

Lighter +30%#D5665B

Lighter +20%#C94134

Lighter +10%#A13429

Darker −10%#4F1A15

Darker −20%#270D0A

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8B180C

Less saturated −25%#653632

Channel breakdown

R120

G39

B31

Red120 (47.1%)

Green39 (15.3%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue5.39°

Saturation (HSL)58.94%

Lightness29.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 27 · B 1F

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