Recognised as Colour

#480F08

#480F08
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#480F08 is a red with RGB values 72, 15, 8 and HSL 7°, 80%, 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 Maroon.

Colour values

#480F08#480F08

HEX#480F08

RGBrgb(72, 15, 8)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0588, 0.0314

RGB percentages28.2%, 5.9%, 3.1%

HSLhsl(6.6, 80%, 15.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.6, 88.9%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 79.2%, 88.9%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,722,440

CSS custom property--colour: #480F08;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01737WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness41.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.59:1

Contrast with white15.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#B7F0F7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#201C07no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original

Deuteranopia#2E2806no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.8 from the original

Tritanopia#50000Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 31.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.6 Sienna · ΔE 34.5 Black · ΔE 35.1 Brown · ΔE 35.2 Dark red · ΔE 36.4

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 31.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#084148

Analogous#480821, #482F08

Triadic#08480F, #0F0848

Split complementary#08482F, #082148

Tetradic#214808, #084148, #2F0848

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E84734

Lighter +30%#D22C17

Lighter +20%#A42212

Lighter +10%#76190D

Darker −10%#1A0503

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#500900

Less saturated −25%#3E1712

Channel breakdown

R72

G15

Red72 (28.2%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue8 (3.1%)

Hue6.56°

Saturation (HSL)80%

Lightness15.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 0F · B 08

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