Recognised as Colour

#2F1711

#2F1711
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#2F1711 is a red with RGB values 47, 23, 17 and HSL 12°, 47%, 13%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#2F1711#2F1711

HEX#2F1711

RGBrgb(47, 23, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.0902, 0.0667

RGB percentages18.4%, 9%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(12, 46.9%, 12.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12, 63.8%, 18.4%)

CMYK0%, 51.1%, 63.8%, 81.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,086,097

CSS custom property--colour: #2F1711;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01258WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness31.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.78:1

Contrast with white16.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#D0E8EE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1D1A10no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#231F11no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Tritanopia#341316no 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 text16.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 18.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 33.3 Dim grey · ΔE 36.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 44.2 Gray · ΔE 45 Sienna · ΔE 45.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 18.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#11292F

Analogous#2F111A, #2F2611

Triadic#112F17, #17112F

Split complementary#112F26, #111A2F

Tetradic#1A2F11, #11292F, #26112F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BF644D

Lighter +30%#9F4E3A

Lighter +20%#7A3C2C

Lighter +10%#54291F

Darker −10%#0A0503

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#371209

Less saturated −25%#271C19

Channel breakdown

R47

G23

B17

Red47 (18.4%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue12°

Saturation (HSL)46.88%

Lightness12.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 2F · G 17 · B 11

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#2F1711

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else