Recognised as Colour

#421C09

#421C09
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Black

#421C09 is a orange with RGB values 66, 28, 9 and HSL 20°, 76%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#421C09

RGBrgb(66, 28, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.1098, 0.0353

RGB percentages25.9%, 11%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(20, 76%, 14.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(20, 86.4%, 25.9%)

CMYK0%, 57.6%, 86.4%, 74.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,332,553

CSS custom property--colour: #421C09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02008WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness42.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.98:1

Contrast with white14.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#BDE3F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#272207no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#302A08no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original

Tritanopia#491418no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 30.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.1 Sienna · ΔE 34.8 Maroon · ΔE 37.6 Dim grey · ΔE 38.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 40.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 30.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#092F42

Analogous#420913, #423909

Triadic#09421C, #1C0942

Split complementary#094239, #091242

Tetradic#134209, #092F42, #380942

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E36E34

Lighter +30%#C9551B

Lighter +20%#9C4215

Lighter +10%#6F2F0F

Darker −10%#150903

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4B1900

Less saturated −25%#391F12

Channel breakdown

R66

G28

Red66 (25.9%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue20°

Saturation (HSL)76%

Lightness14.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 42 · G 1C · B 09

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