Recognised as Colour

#440C00

#440C00
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#440C00 is a red with RGB values 68, 12, 0 and HSL 11°, 100%, 13%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#440C00#440C00

HEX#440C00

RGBrgb(68, 12, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.2667, 0.0471, 0

RGB percentages26.7%, 4.7%, 0%

HSLhsl(10.6, 100%, 13.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10.6, 100%, 26.7%)

CMYK0%, 82.4%, 100%, 73.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,459,520

CSS custom property--colour: #440C00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01492WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness38.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.17:1

Contrast with white16.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#171717

Inverted#BBF3FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1E1900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#2B2500no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Tritanopia#4C0009no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 31.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.9 Black · ΔE 34.7 Sienna · ΔE 35.4 Brown · ΔE 36.2 Dark red · ΔE 36.7

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 31.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#003844

Analogous#440016, #442E00

Triadic#00440C, #0C0044

Split complementary#00442E, #001644

Tetradic#164400, #003844, #2E0044

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF3B11

Lighter +30%#DD2700

Lighter +20%#AA1E00

Lighter +10%#771500

Darker −10%#110300

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#440C00

Less saturated −25%#3C1108

Channel breakdown

R68

G12

Red68 (26.7%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue10.59°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness13.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 44 · G 0C · B 00

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