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Recognised as Colour

#2E261C

  • #2E261C
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#2E261C is a orange with RGB values 46, 38, 28 and HSL 33°, 24%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#2E261C#2E261C
HEX#2E261C
RGBrgb(46, 38, 28)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.149, 0.1098
RGB percentages18%, 14.9%, 11%
HSLhsl(33.3, 24.3%, 14.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(33.3, 39.1%, 18%)
CMYK0%, 17.4%, 39.1%, 82%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,024,412
CSS custom property--colour: #2E261C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02051WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness39.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.89:1
Contrast with white14.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#D1D9E3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#29261Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#2B281Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Tritanopia#312423no 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 text14.89:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 17.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.7Dim grey · ΔE 29.8Gray · ΔE 38.7Dark olivegreen · ΔE 40.5Slate grey · ΔE 41.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 17.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1C242E
Analogous#2E1D1C, #2D2E1C
Triadic#1C2E26, #261C2E
Split complementary#1C2D2E, #1D1C2E
Tetradic#1C2E1D, #1C242E, #2E1C2D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A78E6F
Lighter +30%#8D7556
Lighter +20%#6D5A43
Lighter +10%#4E402F
Darker −10%#0E0C09
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#372713
Less saturated −25%#252525

Channel breakdown

R46
G38
B28
Red46 (18%)
Green38 (14.9%)
Blue28 (11%)
Hue33.33°
Saturation (HSL)24.32%
Lightness14.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 2E · G 26 · B 1C

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