Colour

#480F23

#480F23
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#480F23 is a red with RGB values 72, 15, 35 and HSL 339°, 66%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#480F23#480F23

HEX#480F23

RGBrgb(72, 15, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0588, 0.1373

RGB percentages28.2%, 5.9%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(338.9, 65.5%, 17.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(338.9, 79.2%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 79.2%, 51.4%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,722,467

CSS custom property--colour: #480F23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness42.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.35:1

Contrast with white15.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#B7F0DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1C1E23no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#2B2922no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original

Tritanopia#4F0617no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 32.1 Dim grey · ΔE 41.3 Brown · ΔE 42.2 Maroon · ΔE 42.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 43.9 Sienna · ΔE 44.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 32.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F4834

Analogous#480F40, #48170F

Triadic#23480F, #0F2348

Split complementary#0F4817, #0F4048

Tetradic#40480F, #0F4834, #170F48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D94A7C

Lighter +30%#C72961

Lighter +20%#9C214C

Lighter +10%#721838

Darker −10%#1E060E

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#530420

Less saturated −25%#3D1A26

Channel breakdown

R72

G15

B35

Red72 (28.2%)

Green15 (5.9%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue338.95°

Saturation (HSL)65.52%

Lightness17.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 0F · B 23

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