Recognised as Colour

#28140C

#28140C
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Black

#28140C is a orange with RGB values 40, 20, 12 and HSL 17°, 54%, 10%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#28140C#28140C

HEX#28140C

RGBrgb(40, 20, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.1569, 0.0784, 0.0471

RGB percentages15.7%, 7.8%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(17.1, 53.8%, 10.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(17.1, 70%, 15.7%)

CMYK0%, 50%, 70%, 84.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,626,572

CSS custom property--colour: #28140C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00978WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness27 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.56:1

Contrast with white17.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#181818

Inverted#D7EBF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#19170Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#1E1B0Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Tritanopia#2C1012no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 15.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 33 Dim grey · ΔE 37.7 Gray · ΔE 46.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 46.7 Sienna · ΔE 48.7

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 15.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C2028

Analogous#280C12, #28220C

Triadic#0C2814, #140C28

Split complementary#0C2822, #0C1228

Tetradic#12280C, #0C2028, #220C28

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C4633C

Lighter +30%#9E4F2F

Lighter +20%#763B24

Lighter +10%#4F2818

Darker −10%#010000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2F1106

Less saturated −25%#221712

Channel breakdown

R40

G20

B12

Red40 (15.7%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue17.14°

Saturation (HSL)53.85%

Lightness10.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 28 · G 14 · B 0C

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