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Recognised as Colour

#3B160E

  • #3B160E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#3B160E is a red with RGB values 59, 22, 14 and HSL 11°, 62%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#3B160E#3B160E
HEX#3B160E
RGBrgb(59, 22, 14)
RGB (0–1)0.2314, 0.0863, 0.0549
RGB percentages23.1%, 8.6%, 5.5%
HSLhsl(10.7, 61.6%, 14.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(10.7, 76.3%, 23.1%)
CMYK0%, 62.7%, 76.3%, 76.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,872,270
CSS custom property--colour: #3B160E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01535WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness36.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.07:1
Contrast with white16.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D
Inverted#C4E9F1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#201C0Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Deuteranopia#29240Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Tritanopia#410F14no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text16.07:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 25.6Saddle brown · ΔE 37.9Dim grey · ΔE 38.6Dark slate grey · ΔE 38.7Sienna · ΔE 39.8Maroon · ΔE 41.1
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 25.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0E333B
Analogous#3B0E1C, #3B2D0E
Triadic#0E3B16, #160E3B
Split complementary#0E3B2C, #0E1D3B
Tetradic#1C3B0E, #0E333B, #2D0E3B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D25C43
Lighter +30%#B7442B
Lighter +20%#8D3522
Lighter +10%#642518
Darker −10%#120704
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#441005
Less saturated −25%#321C17

Channel breakdown

R59
G22
B14
Red59 (23.1%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue14 (5.5%)
Hue10.67°
Saturation (HSL)61.64%
Lightness14.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 3B · G 16 · B 0E

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