Colour

#480D14

#480D14
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#480D14 is a red with RGB values 72, 13, 20 and HSL 353°, 69%, 17%. 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

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HEX#480D14

RGBrgb(72, 13, 20)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.051, 0.0784

RGB percentages28.2%, 5.1%, 7.8%

HSLhsl(352.9, 69.4%, 16.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.9, 81.9%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 81.9%, 72.2%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,721,940

CSS custom property--colour: #480D14;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01716WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness41.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.63:1

Contrast with white15.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A

Inverted#B7F2EB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1E1B14no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#2C2812no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original

Tritanopia#500010no 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 text15.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 33.5 Maroon · ΔE 34.8 Brown · ΔE 37 Saddle brown · ΔE 37.4 Sienna · ΔE 38.1 Dark red · ΔE 39.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 33.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0D4841

Analogous#480D31, #48240D

Triadic#14480D, #0D1448

Split complementary#0D4824, #0D3148

Tetradic#31480D, #0D4841, #240D48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DD4456

Lighter +30%#CA2438

Lighter +20%#9E1D2C

Lighter +10%#731520

Darker −10%#1D0508

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#53020C

Less saturated −25%#3D181C

Channel breakdown

R72

G13

B20

Red72 (28.2%)

Green13 (5.1%)

Blue20 (7.8%)

Hue352.88°

Saturation (HSL)69.41%

Lightness16.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 0D · B 14

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