Recognised as Colour

#470F17

#470F17
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#470F17 is a red with RGB values 71, 15, 23 and HSL 351°, 65%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#470F17

RGBrgb(71, 15, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.2784, 0.0588, 0.0902

RGB percentages27.8%, 5.9%, 9%

HSLhsl(351.4, 65.1%, 16.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.4, 78.9%, 27.8%)

CMYK0%, 78.9%, 67.6%, 72.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,656,919

CSS custom property--colour: #470F17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01743WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness41.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.57:1

Contrast with white15.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#B8F0E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1E1C17no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#2C2816no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original

Tritanopia#4F0312no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 32.1 Maroon · ΔE 36.8 Brown · ΔE 38.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 38.8 Sienna · ΔE 39.3 Dark red · ΔE 41.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 32.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F473F

Analogous#470F33, #47230F

Triadic#17470F, #0F1747

Split complementary#0F4723, #0F3347

Tetradic#33470F, #0F473F, #230F47

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9495E

Lighter +30%#C52A40

Lighter +20%#9B2132

Lighter +10%#711825

Darker −10%#1D0609

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#52040F

Less saturated −25%#3C1A1F

Channel breakdown

R71

G15

B23

Red71 (27.8%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue351.43°

Saturation (HSL)65.12%

Lightness16.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 47 · G 0F · B 17

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