Colour

#48120D

#48120D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#48120D is a red with RGB values 72, 18, 13 and HSL 5°, 69%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#48120D

RGBrgb(72, 18, 13)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0706, 0.051

RGB percentages28.2%, 7.1%, 5.1%

HSLhsl(5.1, 69.4%, 16.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.1, 81.9%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 75%, 81.9%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,723,213

CSS custom property--colour: #48120D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01839WCAG 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 15.35:1

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

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

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#B7EDF2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#211D0Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#2F290Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Tritanopia#500411no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 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

Maroon · ΔE 32.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 33.2 Black · ΔE 33.8 Sienna · ΔE 34.9 Brown · ΔE 36.1 Dark red · ΔE 37.9

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 32.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0D4348

Analogous#480D26, #482F0D

Triadic#0D4812, #120D48

Split complementary#0D4830, #0D2548

Tetradic#25480D, #0D4348, #300D48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DD5144

Lighter +30%#CA3224

Lighter +20%#9E281D

Lighter +10%#731D15

Darker −10%#1D0705

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#530902

Less saturated −25%#3D1B18

Channel breakdown

R72

G18

B13

Red72 (28.2%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue13 (5.1%)

Hue5.08°

Saturation (HSL)69.41%

Lightness16.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 12 · B 0D

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