Recognised as Colour

#38100C

#38100C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#38100C is a red with RGB values 56, 16, 12 and HSL 5°, 65%, 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

#38100C#38100C

HEX#38100C

RGBrgb(56, 16, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.2196, 0.0627, 0.0471

RGB percentages22%, 6.3%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(5.5, 64.7%, 13.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.5, 78.6%, 22%)

CMYK0%, 71.4%, 78.6%, 78%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,674,124

CSS custom property--colour: #38100C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01238WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness33.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.83:1

Contrast with white16.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#181818

Inverted#C7EFF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1B180Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#25200Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Tritanopia#3E070Fno 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 text16.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 25.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 40.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 40.5 Dim grey · ΔE 40.6 Maroon · ΔE 41.5 Sienna · ΔE 41.9

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 25.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0C3438

Analogous#380C1E, #38260C

Triadic#0C3810, #100C38

Split complementary#0C3826, #0C1E38

Tetradic#1E380C, #0C3438, #260C38

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D5493B

Lighter +30%#B63427

Lighter +20%#8C281E

Lighter +10%#621C15

Darker −10%#0E0403

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#410904

Less saturated −25%#301714

Channel breakdown

R56

G16

B12

Red56 (22%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue5.45°

Saturation (HSL)64.71%

Lightness13.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 38 · G 10 · B 0C

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