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Recognised as Colour

#481B20

  • #481B20
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#481B20 is a red with RGB values 72, 27, 32 and HSL 353°, 45%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#481B20#481B20
HEX#481B20
RGBrgb(72, 27, 32)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.1059, 0.1255
RGB percentages28.2%, 10.6%, 12.5%
HSLhsl(353.3, 45.5%, 19.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(353.3, 62.5%, 28.2%)
CMYK0%, 62.5%, 55.6%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,725,536
CSS custom property--colour: #481B20;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02266WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness45.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.45:1
Contrast with white14.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#252525
Inverted#B7E4DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#252420no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#302D1Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Tritanopia#4F151Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.45:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 28.7Dim grey · ΔE 36.1Dark slate grey · ΔE 38.3Saddle brown · ΔE 39.7Sienna · ΔE 39.8Maroon · ΔE 41.2
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 28.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1B4843
Analogous#481B37, #482D1B
Triadic#20481B, #1B2048
Split complementary#1B482C, #1B3748
Tetradic#37481B, #1B4843, #2C1B48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C76873
Lighter +30%#B74551
Lighter +20%#923741
Lighter +10%#6D2930
Darker −10%#230D10
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#540F16
Less saturated −25%#3C272A

Channel breakdown

R72
G27
B32
Red72 (28.2%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue32 (12.5%)
Hue353.33°
Saturation (HSL)45.45%
Lightness19.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 48 · G 1B · B 20

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