Recognised as Colour

#2C1500

#2C1500
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Black

#2C1500 is a orange with RGB values 44, 21, 0 and HSL 29°, 100%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#2C1500

RGBrgb(44, 21, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.0824, 0

RGB percentages17.3%, 8.2%, 0%

HSLhsl(28.6, 100%, 8.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(28.6, 100%, 17.3%)

CMYK0%, 52.3%, 100%, 82.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,888,960

CSS custom property--colour: #2C1500;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness28.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.29:1

Contrast with white17.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#181818

Inverted#D3EAFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1C1700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#221D00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Tritanopia#311010no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 19.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 35.4 Dim grey · ΔE 38.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 42 Sienna · ΔE 44.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 46.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 19.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00172C

Analogous#2C0001, #2C2B00

Triadic#002C15, #15002C

Split complementary#002C2B, #00012C

Tetradic#012C00, #00172C, #2B002C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F87600

Lighter +30%#C55E00

Lighter +20%#924600

Lighter +10%#5F2D00

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#2C1500

Less saturated −25%#271506

Channel breakdown

R44

G21

Red44 (17.3%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue28.64°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness8.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 2C · G 15 · B 00

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