Recognised as Colour

#480D23

#480D23
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#480D23 is a red with RGB values 72, 13, 35 and HSL 338°, 69%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#480D23#480D23

HEX#480D23

RGBrgb(72, 13, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.051, 0.1373

RGB percentages28.2%, 5.1%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(337.6, 69.4%, 16.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(337.6, 81.9%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 81.9%, 51.4%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,721,955

CSS custom property--colour: #480D23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01787WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness42.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.47:1

Contrast with white15.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#B7F2DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1B1D24no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#2A2822no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Tritanopia#4F0416no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 32.7 Dim grey · ΔE 42.1 Brown · ΔE 42.3 Maroon · ΔE 42.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 44.8 Sienna · ΔE 45

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 32.72, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0D4832

Analogous#480D41, #48140D

Triadic#23480D, #0D2348

Split complementary#0D4814, #0D4148

Tetradic#41480D, #0D4832, #140D48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DD447D

Lighter +30%#CA2462

Lighter +20%#9E1D4D

Lighter +10%#731538

Darker −10%#1D050E

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#530220

Less saturated −25%#3D1826

Channel breakdown

R72

G13

B35

Red72 (28.2%)

Green13 (5.1%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue337.63°

Saturation (HSL)69.41%

Lightness16.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 0D · B 23

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