Recognised as Colour

#48071B

#48071B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#48071B is a red with RGB values 72, 7, 27 and HSL 342°, 82%, 15%. 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

#48071B#48071B

HEX#48071B

RGBrgb(72, 7, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0275, 0.1059

RGB percentages28.2%, 2.7%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(341.5, 82.3%, 15.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(341.5, 90.3%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 90.3%, 62.5%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,720,411

CSS custom property--colour: #48071B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01609WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness40.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.89:1

Contrast with white15.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#161616

Inverted#B7F8E4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#191A1Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#2A2719no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Tritanopia#500010no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 34.1 Maroon · ΔE 38.3 Brown · ΔE 39.3 Sienna · ΔE 42.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 42.7 Dark red · ΔE 43.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 34.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#074834

Analogous#48073B, #481407

Triadic#1B4807, #071B48

Split complementary#074814, #073B48

Tetradic#3B4807, #074834, #140748

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EB306A

Lighter +30%#D3154F

Lighter +20%#A5103E

Lighter +10%#760C2C

Darker −10%#1A020A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4F0018

Less saturated −25%#3E111F

Channel breakdown

R72

B27

Red72 (28.2%)

Green7 (2.7%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue341.54°

Saturation (HSL)82.28%

Lightness15.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 07 · B 1B

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