Recognised as Colour

#480B01

#480B01
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#480B01 is a red with RGB values 72, 11, 1 and HSL 8°, 97%, 14%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#480B01#480B01

HEX#480B01

RGBrgb(72, 11, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0431, 0.0039

RGB percentages28.2%, 4.3%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(8.5, 97.3%, 14.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.5, 98.6%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 84.7%, 98.6%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,721,409

CSS custom property--colour: #480B01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness40.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.86:1

Contrast with white15.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#171717

Inverted#B7F4FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1E1A00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#2D2700no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Tritanopia#500009no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 29.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.8 Sienna · ΔE 34.2 Brown · ΔE 34.2 Dark red · ΔE 34.6 Black · ΔE 36.9

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 29.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#013E48

Analogous#48011B, #482F01

Triadic#01480B, #0B0148

Split complementary#01482F, #011A48

Tetradic#1A4801, #013E48, #2F0148

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FC3919

Lighter +30%#DF2203

Lighter +20%#AD1A02

Lighter +10%#7A1302

Darker −10%#160300

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#490A00

Less saturated −25%#3F120A

Channel breakdown

R72

G11

Red72 (28.2%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue8.45°

Saturation (HSL)97.26%

Lightness14.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 0B · B 01

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