Recognised as Colour

#460B1B

#460B1B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#460B1B is a red with RGB values 70, 11, 27 and HSL 344°, 73%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#460B1B

RGBrgb(70, 11, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.0431, 0.1059

RGB percentages27.5%, 4.3%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(343.7, 72.8%, 15.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(343.7, 84.3%, 27.5%)

CMYK0%, 84.3%, 61.4%, 72.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,590,363

CSS custom property--colour: #460B1B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01621WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness40.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.86:1

Contrast with white15.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#191919

Inverted#B9F4E4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1A1B1Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#2A271Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original

Tritanopia#4D0012no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 32.2 Maroon · ΔE 39.3 Brown · ΔE 40.3 Sienna · ΔE 42.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 42.5 Dim grey · ΔE 42.7

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 32.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B4636

Analogous#460B39, #46180B

Triadic#1B460B, #0B1B46

Split complementary#0B4618, #0B3946

Tetradic#39460B, #0B4636, #180B46

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E03D69

Lighter +30%#CA204E

Lighter +20%#9E193D

Lighter +10%#72122C

Darker −10%#1A040A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#500116

Less saturated −25%#3C1520

Channel breakdown

R70

G11

B27

Red70 (27.5%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue343.73°

Saturation (HSL)72.84%

Lightness15.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 46 · G 0B · B 1B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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