Recognised as Colour

#480B22

#480B22
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#480B22 is a red with RGB values 72, 11, 34 and HSL 337°, 73%, 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

#480B22#480B22

HEX#480B22

RGBrgb(72, 11, 34)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0431, 0.1333

RGB percentages28.2%, 4.3%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(337.4, 73.5%, 16.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(337.4, 84.7%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 84.7%, 52.8%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,721,442

CSS custom property--colour: #480B22;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01733WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness41.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.6:1

Contrast with white15.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A

Inverted#B7F4DD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1A1C23no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#2A2821no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.9 from the original

Tritanopia#4F0115no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 33.2 Brown · ΔE 41.9 Maroon · ΔE 42 Dim grey · ΔE 42.8 Sienna · ΔE 45 Dark slate grey · ΔE 45.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 33.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B4831

Analogous#480B41, #48120B

Triadic#22480B, #0B2248

Split complementary#0B4812, #0B4148

Tetradic#41480B, #0B4831, #120B48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E13E7B

Lighter +30%#CD1F61

Lighter +20%#A0194C

Lighter +10%#741237

Darker −10%#1C040D

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#52011F

Less saturated −25%#3E1525

Channel breakdown

R72

G11

B34

Red72 (28.2%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue337.38°

Saturation (HSL)73.49%

Lightness16.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 0B · B 22

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