Recognised as Colour

#46140F

#46140F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#46140F is a red with RGB values 70, 20, 15 and HSL 5°, 65%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#46140F#46140F

HEX#46140F

RGBrgb(70, 20, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.2745, 0.0784, 0.0588

RGB percentages27.5%, 7.8%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(5.5, 64.7%, 16.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.5, 78.6%, 27.5%)

CMYK0%, 71.4%, 78.6%, 72.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,592,655

CSS custom property--colour: #46140F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness41.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.36:1

Contrast with white15.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#B9EBF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#221E0Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#2E290Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26 from the original

Tritanopia#4E0813no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 32 Saddle brown · ΔE 34.1 Maroon · ΔE 34.8 Sienna · ΔE 35.7 Brown · ΔE 37.7 Dark red · ΔE 39.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 31.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F4146

Analogous#460F26, #462F0F

Triadic#0F4614, #140F46

Split complementary#0F4630, #0F2546

Tetradic#26460F, #0F4146, #300F46

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D85649

Lighter +30%#C4382A

Lighter +20%#9A2C21

Lighter +10%#702018

Darker −10%#1C0806

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#510B04

Less saturated −25%#3B1D1A

Channel breakdown

R70

G20

B15

Red70 (27.5%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue5.45°

Saturation (HSL)64.71%

Lightness16.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 46 · G 14 · B 0F

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