Information about #78172C color

#78172C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#78172C falls into the Red Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(120, 23, 44) — 47.1% red, 9% green, 17.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 38 / 30 / 53. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #78172C reads as a strongly colored earthy red and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Red Letter (#751631). Slightly further away sit Jalapeno (#701C28) and I C Red (#7A2031).

The recipe behind #78172C is rgb(120, 23, 44), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 10.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #78172C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#78172C color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#78172C color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #78172C

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Red Letter color link
Red Letter

#751631

Jalapeno color link
Jalapeno

#701C28

I C Red color link
I C Red

#7A2031

Claret color link
Claret

#7F1734

Red Berry color link
Red Berry

#701F28

Bullseye color link
Bullseye

#7D222B

Antique Ruby color link
Antique Ruby

#841B2D

Livewire color link
Livewire

#6D1C27

Salsa color link
Salsa

#770C25

Scarlett color link
Scarlett

#7E2530

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#78172C
  • RGB120, 23, 44
  • CMYK0, 38, 30, 53
  • CSSrgb(120, 23, 44)
  • HSL347°, 68%, 28%
  • HSL Precise347.01°, 67.832%, 28.039%
  • HSV347°, 81%, 47%
  • HSB347°, 81%, 47%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.471
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.090
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.173
  • GLSLvec3(0.471, 0.090, 0.173)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.471, 0.090, 0.173, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.471, 0.090, 0.173)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB47.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB17.3%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID78172C
  • DECIMAL ID7870252
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01