Recognised as Colour

#3C280D

#3C280D
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Black

#3C280D is a orange with RGB values 60, 40, 13 and HSL 34°, 64%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#3C280D#3C280D

HEX#3C280D

RGBrgb(60, 40, 13)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.1569, 0.051

RGB percentages23.5%, 15.7%, 5.1%

HSLhsl(34.5, 64.4%, 14.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(34.5, 78.3%, 23.5%)

CMYK0%, 33.3%, 78.3%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,942,413

CSS custom property--colour: #3C280D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02507WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness45.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.99:1

Contrast with white13.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#C3D7F2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2F290Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#342E0Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Tritanopia#422322no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 28 Dark slate grey · ΔE 33 Dim grey · ΔE 34.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 34.8 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 36.2 Sienna · ΔE 37.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 28.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0D213C

Analogous#3C110D, #383C0D

Triadic#0D3C28, #280D3C

Split complementary#0D383C, #110D3C

Tetradic#0D3C11, #0D213C, #3C0D38

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D6963F

Lighter +30%#BA7C28

Lighter +20%#90601F

Lighter +10%#664416

Darker −10%#120C04

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#452904

Less saturated −25%#332716

Channel breakdown

R60

G40

B13

Red60 (23.5%)

Green40 (15.7%)

Blue13 (5.1%)

Hue34.47°

Saturation (HSL)64.38%

Lightness14.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 3C · G 28 · B 0D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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