Recognised as Colour

#48211F

#48211F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#48211F is a red with RGB values 72, 33, 31 and HSL 3°, 40%, 20%. 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

#48211F#48211F

HEX#48211F

RGBrgb(72, 33, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.1294, 0.1216

RGB percentages28.2%, 12.9%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(2.9, 39.8%, 20.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(2.9, 56.9%, 28.2%)

CMYK0%, 54.2%, 56.9%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,727,071

CSS custom property--colour: #48211F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02564WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness47.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.88:1

Contrast with white13.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#292929

Inverted#B7DEE0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2A271Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#34301Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Tritanopia#4F1B21no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 27.7 Dim grey · ΔE 33.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 35.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 37.5 Sienna · ΔE 37.9 Gray · ΔE 41.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 27.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1F4648

Analogous#481F32, #48361F

Triadic#1F4821, #211F48

Split complementary#1F4836, #1F3148

Tetradic#31481F, #1F4648, #361F48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C27571

Lighter +30%#B3524D

Lighter +20%#8F423E

Lighter +10%#6C312E

Darker −10%#241110

Darker −20%#010000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#551512

Less saturated −25%#3B2D2C

Channel breakdown

R72

G33

B31

Red72 (28.2%)

Green33 (12.9%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue2.93°

Saturation (HSL)39.81%

Lightness20.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 48 · G 21 · B 1F

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