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Recognised as Colour

#39231A

  • #39231A
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#39231A is a orange with RGB values 57, 35, 26 and HSL 17°, 37%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#39231A#39231A
HEX#39231A
RGBrgb(57, 35, 26)
RGB (0–1)0.2235, 0.1373, 0.102
RGB percentages22.4%, 13.7%, 10.2%
HSLhsl(17.4, 37.3%, 16.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(17.4, 54.4%, 22.4%)
CMYK0%, 38.6%, 54.4%, 77.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,744,538
CSS custom property--colour: #39231A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02147WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness42 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.69:1
Contrast with white14.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#272727
Inverted#C6DCE5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#292519no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Deuteranopia#2E2A1Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Tritanopia#3E1F21no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 21.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 29.4Dim grey · ΔE 31.4Gray · ΔE 39.8Saddle brown · ΔE 41.1Sienna · ΔE 42.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 21.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1A3039
Analogous#391A20, #39331A
Triadic#1A3923, #231A39
Split complementary#1A3933, #1A2039
Tetradic#20391A, #1A3039, #331A39

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B97E66
Lighter +30%#A2644A
Lighter +20%#7F4E3A
Lighter +10%#5C392A
Darker −10%#160D0A
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#431F10
Less saturated −25%#2F2724

Channel breakdown

R57
G35
B26
Red57 (22.4%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue26 (10.2%)
Hue17.42°
Saturation (HSL)37.35%
Lightness16.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 39 · G 23 · B 1A

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