Recognised as Colour

#48000C

#48000C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#48000C is a red with RGB values 72, 0, 12 and HSL 350°, 100%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#48000C#48000C

HEX#48000C

RGBrgb(72, 0, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0, 0.0471

RGB percentages28.2%, 0%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(350, 100%, 14.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350, 100%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 83.3%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,718,604

CSS custom property--colour: #48000C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01404WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness39.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.4:1

Contrast with white16.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#101010

Inverted#B7FFF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#18160Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original

Deuteranopia#2A2509no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original

Tritanopia#500005no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text16.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 31.7 Brown · ΔE 34.9 Dark red · ΔE 36.7 Black · ΔE 37.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 37.7 Sienna · ΔE 38.7

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 31.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#00483C

Analogous#480030, #481800

Triadic#0C4800, #000C48

Split complementary#004818, #003048

Tetradic#304800, #00483C, #180048

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF153C

Lighter +30%#E10026

Lighter +20%#AE001D

Lighter +10%#7B0015

Darker −10%#150004

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#48000C

Less saturated −25%#3F0912

Channel breakdown

R72

B12

Red72 (28.2%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue350°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness14.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 00 · B 0C

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Colour values

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