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Recognised as Colour

#2B1B09

  • #2B1B09
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#2B1B09 is a orange with RGB values 43, 27, 9 and HSL 32°, 65%, 10%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#2B1B09#2B1B09
HEX#2B1B09
RGBrgb(43, 27, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.1059, 0.0353
RGB percentages16.9%, 10.6%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(31.8, 65.4%, 10.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(31.8, 79.1%, 16.9%)
CMYK0%, 37.2%, 79.1%, 83.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,824,969
CSS custom property--colour: #2B1B09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01317WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness31.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.62:1
Contrast with white16.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D
Inverted#D4E4F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#201C07no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#242009no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#301717no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 18.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#09192B
Analogous#2B0A09, #2A2B09
Triadic#092B1B, #1B092B
Split complementary#092A2B, #0A092B
Tetradic#092B0A, #09192B, #2B092A

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#D3852D
Lighter +30%#AA6A23
Lighter +20%#7F501B
Lighter +10%#553512
Darker −10%#010100
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#321B02
Less saturated −25%#251B0F

Channel breakdown

R43
G27
B9
Red43 (16.9%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue31.76°
Saturation (HSL)65.38%
Lightness10.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 2B · G 1B · B 09

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