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Recognised as Colour

#48231E

  • #48231E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#48231E is a red with RGB values 72, 35, 30 and HSL 7°, 41%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#48231E#48231E
HEX#48231E
RGBrgb(72, 35, 30)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.1373, 0.1176
RGB percentages28.2%, 13.7%, 11.8%
HSLhsl(7.1, 41.2%, 20%)
HSV / HSBhsv(7.1, 58.3%, 28.2%)
CMYK0%, 51.4%, 58.3%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,727,582
CSS custom property--colour: #48231E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02674WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness48.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.68:1
Contrast with white13.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B
Inverted#B7DCE1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2C291Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#35301Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Tritanopia#4F1D22no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.68:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 27.6Dim grey · ΔE 32.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 34.7Saddle brown · ΔE 36.4Sienna · ΔE 37.1Gray · ΔE 40.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 27.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1E4348
Analogous#481E2E, #48381E
Triadic#1E4823, #231E48
Split complementary#1E4838, #1E2E48
Tetradic#2E481E, #1E4348, #381E48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3796F
Lighter +30%#B4584B
Lighter +20%#90463C
Lighter +10%#6C352D
Darker −10%#24120F
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#551911
Less saturated −25%#3B2D2B

Channel breakdown

R72
G35
B30
Red72 (28.2%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue30 (11.8%)
Hue7.14°
Saturation (HSL)41.18%
Lightness20%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 48 · G 23 · B 1E

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