Recognised as Colour

#42261A

#42261A
Orange
Dark
Nearest: Black

#42261A is a orange with RGB values 66, 38, 26 and HSL 18°, 43%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#42261A

RGBrgb(66, 38, 26)

RGB (0–1)0.2588, 0.149, 0.102

RGB percentages25.9%, 14.9%, 10.2%

HSLhsl(18, 43.5%, 18%)

HSV / HSBhsv(18, 60.6%, 25.9%)

CMYK0%, 42.4%, 60.6%, 74.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,335,130

CSS custom property--colour: #42261A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness47.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.78:1

Contrast with white13.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#BDD9E5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2D2919no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#342F1Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Tritanopia#482123no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 25.7 Dim grey · ΔE 31.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 31.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 36.5 Sienna · ΔE 38 Gray · ΔE 39.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 25.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1A3642

Analogous#421A22, #423A1A

Triadic#1A4226, #261A42

Split complementary#1A423A, #1A2242

Tetradic#22421A, #1A3642, #3A1A42

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C38165

Lighter +30%#B06545

Lighter +20%#8B5037

Lighter +10%#673B28

Darker −10%#1D110C

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4E210F

Less saturated −25%#372B26

Channel breakdown

R66

G38

B26

Red66 (25.9%)

Green38 (14.9%)

Blue26 (10.2%)

Hue18°

Saturation (HSL)43.48%

Lightness18.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 42 · G 26 · B 1A

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