Recognised as Colour

#48180B

#48180B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#48180B is a red with RGB values 72, 24, 11 and HSL 13°, 73%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

#48180B#48180B

HEX#48180B

RGBrgb(72, 24, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.0941, 0.0431

RGB percentages28.2%, 9.4%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(12.8, 73.5%, 16.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.8, 84.7%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 66.7%, 84.7%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,724,747

CSS custom property--colour: #48180B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02055WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness43.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.88:1

Contrast with white14.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#B7E7F4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#252109no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#312B09no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original

Tritanopia#500D15no 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 text14.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 31 Sienna · ΔE 33.2 Black · ΔE 33.3 Maroon · ΔE 33.5 Brown · ΔE 36.9 Dark red · ΔE 38.4

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 30.98, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B3B48

Analogous#480B1C, #48370B

Triadic#0B4818, #180B48

Split complementary#0B4837, #0B1C48

Tetradic#1C480B, #0B3B48, #360B48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E1603E

Lighter +30%#CD441F

Lighter +20%#A03519

Lighter +10%#742712

Darker −10%#1C0904

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#521201

Less saturated −25%#3E1E15

Channel breakdown

R72

G24

B11

Red72 (28.2%)

Green24 (9.4%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue12.79°

Saturation (HSL)73.49%

Lightness16.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 18 · B 0B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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