Colour

#78281F

#78281F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Brown

#78281F is a red with RGB values 120, 40, 31 and HSL 6°, 59%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Brown.

Colour values

#78281F#78281F

HEX#78281F

RGBrgb(120, 40, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.1569, 0.1216

RGB percentages47.1%, 15.7%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(6.1, 58.9%, 29.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.1, 74.2%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 66.7%, 74.2%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,874,591

CSS custom property--colour: #78281F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0561WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.9:1

Contrast with white9.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#383838

Inverted#87D7E0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3E381Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#52491Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original

Tritanopia#841426no 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 text9.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Brown · ΔE 18.8 Maroon · ΔE 19.4 Sienna · ΔE 19.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 20.4 Dark red · ΔE 23.6 Indian red · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourBrown (#A52A2A)ΔE 18.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1F6F78

Analogous#781F43, #78551F

Triadic#1F7828, #281F78

Split complementary#1F7855, #1F4278

Tetradic#42781F, #1F6F78, #541F78

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DF8D84

Lighter +30%#D5685B

Lighter +20%#C94334

Lighter +10%#A13629

Darker −10%#4F1A15

Darker −20%#270D0A

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8B190C

Less saturated −25%#653732

Channel breakdown

R120

G40

B31

Red120 (47.1%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue6.07°

Saturation (HSL)58.94%

Lightness29.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 28 · B 1F

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