Recognised as Colour

#480B15

#480B15
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#480B15 is a red with RGB values 72, 11, 21 and HSL 350°, 73%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#480B15

RGBrgb(72, 11, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0431, 0.0824

RGB percentages28.2%, 4.3%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(350.2, 73.5%, 16.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350.2, 84.7%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 84.7%, 70.8%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,721,429

CSS custom property--colour: #480B15;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01671WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness40.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.74:1

Contrast with white15.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#191919

Inverted#B7F4EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1C1B15no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#2C2813no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Tritanopia#50000Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 33.8 Maroon · ΔE 35.2 Brown · ΔE 37.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 38.4 Sienna · ΔE 38.9 Dark red · ΔE 40.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 33.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B483E

Analogous#480B33, #481F0B

Triadic#15480B, #0B1548

Split complementary#0B481F, #0B3448

Tetradic#34480B, #0B483E, #200B48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E13E58

Lighter +30%#CD1F3C

Lighter +20%#A0192F

Lighter +10%#741222

Darker −10%#1C0408

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#52010E

Less saturated −25%#3E151C

Channel breakdown

R72

G11

B21

Red72 (28.2%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue350.16°

Saturation (HSL)73.49%

Lightness16.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 0B · B 15

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