Recognised as Colour

#782C4C

#782C4C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Pale violetred

#782C4C is a red with RGB values 120, 44, 76 and HSL 335°, 46%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale violetred.

Colour values

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HEX#782C4C

RGBrgb(120, 44, 76)

RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.1725, 0.298

RGB percentages47.1%, 17.3%, 29.8%

HSLhsl(334.7, 46.3%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(334.7, 63.3%, 47.1%)

CMYK0%, 63.3%, 36.7%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,875,660

CSS custom property--colour: #782C4C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06316WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.28:1

Contrast with white9.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3E3E3E

Inverted#87D3B3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#393E4Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#4D4C4Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Tritanopia#812639no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Pale violetred · ΔE 31.8 Indian red · ΔE 34.8 Brown · ΔE 36.3 Dim grey · ΔE 39.3 Medium violet red · ΔE 39.5 Rosy brown · ΔE 39.7

Nearest named CSS colourPale violetred (#DB7093)ΔE 31.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C7858

Analogous#782C72, #78322C

Triadic#4C782C, #2C4C78

Split complementary#2C7832, #2C7278

Tetradic#72782C, #2C7858, #322C78

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D997B3

Lighter +30%#CB7297

Lighter +20%#BE4C7C

Lighter +10%#9D3A64

Darker −10%#531E34

Darker −20%#2D111D

Darker −30%#080305

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#8C1849

Less saturated −25%#64414F

Channel breakdown

R120

G44

B76

Red120 (47.1%)

Green44 (17.3%)

Blue76 (29.8%)

Hue334.74°

Saturation (HSL)46.34%

Lightness32.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 78 · G 2C · B 4C

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