Recognised as Colour

#48211B

#48211B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#48211B is a red with RGB values 72, 33, 27 and HSL 8°, 45%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#48211B

RGBrgb(72, 33, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.1294, 0.1059

RGB percentages28.2%, 12.9%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(8, 45.5%, 19.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8, 62.5%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 54.2%, 62.5%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,727,067

CSS custom property--colour: #48211B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02545WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness47.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.92:1

Contrast with white13.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#B7DEE4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2A271Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#342F1Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original

Tritanopia#4F1B20no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 28.4 Dim grey · ΔE 34.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 36.3 Sienna · ΔE 36.4 Maroon · ΔE 40.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 28.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1B4248

Analogous#481B2B, #48381B

Triadic#1B4821, #211B48

Split complementary#1B4838, #1B2C48

Tetradic#2C481B, #1B4248, #381B48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C77568

Lighter +30%#B75445

Lighter +20%#924337

Lighter +10%#6D3229

Darker −10%#23100D

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#54180F

Less saturated −25%#3C2A27

Channel breakdown

R72

G33

B27

Red72 (28.2%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue8°

Saturation (HSL)45.45%

Lightness19.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 21 · B 1B

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