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Recognised as Colour

#784A5F

  • #784A5F
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#784A5F is a red with RGB values 120, 74, 95 and HSL 333°, 24%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#784A5F#784A5F
HEX#784A5F
RGBrgb(120, 74, 95)
RGB (0–1)0.4706, 0.2902, 0.3725
RGB percentages47.1%, 29%, 37.3%
HSLhsl(332.6, 23.7%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(332.6, 38.3%, 47.1%)
CMYK0%, 38.3%, 20.8%, 52.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,883,359
CSS custom property--colour: #784A5F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09717WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.13:1
Contrast with white7.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#555555
Inverted#87B5A0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4F5360no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#5A5B5Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Tritanopia#7E4951no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dim grey · ΔE 24.2Gray · ΔE 28.3Rosy brown · ΔE 28.9Slate grey · ΔE 30Light slate grey · ΔE 31.9Pale violetred · ΔE 32.8
Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 24.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4A7863
Analogous#784A76, #784C4A
Triadic#5F784A, #4A5F78
Split complementary#4A784C, #4A7678
Tetradic#76784A, #4A7863, #4C4A78

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4BAC6
Lighter +30%#C19AAC
Lighter +20%#AD7B92
Lighter +10%#985D78
Darker −10%#583746
Darker −20%#39232D
Darker −30%#191014
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#90325D
Less saturated −25%#616161

Channel breakdown

R120
G74
B95
Red120 (47.1%)
Green74 (29%)
Blue95 (37.3%)
Hue332.61°
Saturation (HSL)23.71%
Lightness38.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 78 · G 4A · B 5F

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