Recognised as Colour

#48151B

#48151B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#48151B is a red with RGB values 72, 21, 27 and HSL 353°, 55%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#48151B

RGBrgb(72, 21, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0824, 0.1059

RGB percentages28.2%, 8.2%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(352.9, 54.8%, 18.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.9, 70.8%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 70.8%, 62.5%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,723,995

CSS custom property--colour: #48151B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01993WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness43.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.01:1

Contrast with white15.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#B7EAE4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#21201Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#2E2B1Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original

Tritanopia#4F0C17no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 30.6 Maroon · ΔE 38.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 38.8 Sienna · ΔE 39.1 Dim grey · ΔE 39.2 Brown · ΔE 39.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 30.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#154842

Analogous#481534, #482915

Triadic#1B4815, #151B48

Split complementary#154829, #153448

Tetradic#354815, #154842, #291548

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CF5A68

Lighter +30%#BE3847

Lighter +20%#972C39

Lighter +10%#6F212A

Darker −10%#21090C

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#540912

Less saturated −25%#3C2124

Channel breakdown

R72

G21

B27

Red72 (28.2%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue352.94°

Saturation (HSL)54.84%

Lightness18.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 15 · B 1B

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