Recognised as Colour

#2E281D

#2E281D
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Black

#2E281D is a orange with RGB values 46, 40, 29 and HSL 39°, 23%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#2E281D#2E281D

HEX#2E281D

RGBrgb(46, 40, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.1569, 0.1137

RGB percentages18%, 15.7%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(38.8, 22.7%, 14.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(38.8, 37%, 18%)

CMYK0%, 13%, 37%, 82%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,024,925

CSS custom property--colour: #2E281D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02187WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness40.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.61:1

Contrast with white14.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#282828

Inverted#D1D7E2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2B281Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#2C291Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Tritanopia#312625no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 18.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 22.7 Dim grey · ΔE 29.2 Gray · ΔE 38.1 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 39.3 Slate grey · ΔE 41.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 18.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D232E

Analogous#2E201D, #2C2E1D

Triadic#1D2E28, #281D2E

Split complementary#1D2C2E, #1F1D2E

Tetradic#1D2E20, #1D232E, #2E1D2C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A69371

Lighter +30%#8C7A58

Lighter +20%#6D5E44

Lighter +10%#4D4331

Darker −10%#0F0D09

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#372B14

Less saturated −25%#262626

Channel breakdown

R46

G40

B29

Red46 (18%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue38.82°

Saturation (HSL)22.67%

Lightness14.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 2E · G 28 · B 1D

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