Colour

#480A26

#480A26
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#480A26 is a red with RGB values 72, 10, 38 and HSL 333°, 76%, 16%. 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

#480A26#480A26

HEX#480A26

RGBrgb(72, 10, 38)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0392, 0.149

RGB percentages28.2%, 3.9%, 14.9%

HSLhsl(332.9, 75.6%, 16.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(332.9, 86.1%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 86.1%, 47.2%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,721,190

CSS custom property--colour: #480A26;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01735WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness42.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.59:1

Contrast with white15.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#191919

Inverted#B7F5D9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#181C27no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#292825no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original

Tritanopia#4F0217no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 33.9 Dim grey · ΔE 43.3 Brown · ΔE 43.6 Maroon · ΔE 44.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 44.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 46

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 33.9, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A482C

Analogous#480A45, #480D0A

Triadic#26480A, #0A2648

Split complementary#0A480D, #0A4548

Tetradic#45480A, #0A482C, #0D0A48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E43A87

Lighter +30%#CE1D6D

Lighter +20%#A21655

Lighter +10%#75103E

Darker −10%#1B040E

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#520025

Less saturated −25%#3E1427

Channel breakdown

R72

G10

B38

Red72 (28.2%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue38 (14.9%)

Hue332.9°

Saturation (HSL)75.61%

Lightness16.08%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 0A · B 26

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