Recognised as Colour

#480B05

#480B05
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#480B05 is a red with RGB values 72, 11, 5 and HSL 5°, 87%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#480B05

RGBrgb(72, 11, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0431, 0.0196

RGB percentages28.2%, 4.3%, 2%

HSLhsl(5.4, 87%, 15.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.4, 93.1%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 84.7%, 93.1%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,721,413

CSS custom property--colour: #480B05;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01628WCAG 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 15.84:1

Contrast with white15.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#181818

Inverted#B7F4FA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1E1A04no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#2D2703no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original

Tritanopia#50000Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 30.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.9 Brown · ΔE 34.5 Sienna · ΔE 34.8 Dark red · ΔE 35.4 Black · ΔE 36.3

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 30.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#054248

Analogous#480521, #482D05

Triadic#05480B, #0B0548

Split complementary#05482D, #052048

Tetradic#204805, #054248, #2C0548

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F03B29

Lighter +30%#D7210F

Lighter +20%#A71A0C

Lighter +10%#781208

Darker −10%#180402

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4D0700

Less saturated −25%#3E130F

Channel breakdown

R72

G11

Red72 (28.2%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue5.37°

Saturation (HSL)87.01%

Lightness15.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 0B · B 05

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