Recognised as Colour

#48040B

#48040B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#48040B is a red with RGB values 72, 4, 11 and HSL 354°, 89%, 15%. 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

#48040B#48040B

HEX#48040B

RGBrgb(72, 4, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0157, 0.0431

RGB percentages28.2%, 1.6%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(353.8, 89.5%, 14.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(353.8, 94.4%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 94.4%, 84.7%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,719,627

CSS custom property--colour: #48040B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01489WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness39.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.18:1

Contrast with white16.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#131313

Inverted#B7FBF4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1A170Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#2B2608no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Tritanopia#500007no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text16.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 31.4 Brown · ΔE 34.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 36.2 Dark red · ΔE 36.5 Black · ΔE 36.7 Sienna · ΔE 37.5

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 31.44, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#044841

Analogous#48042D, #481F04

Triadic#0B4804, #040B48

Split complementary#04481F, #042D48

Tetradic#2D4804, #044841, #1F0448

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3253A

Lighter +30%#D90C21

Lighter +20%#A9091A

Lighter +10%#780712

Darker −10%#180104

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4C0008

Less saturated −25%#3F0D13

Channel breakdown

R72

B11

Red72 (28.2%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue353.82°

Saturation (HSL)89.47%

Lightness14.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 04 · B 0B

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