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Recognised as Colour

#48271E

  • #48271E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#48271E is a red with RGB values 72, 39, 30 and HSL 13°, 41%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#48271E#48271E
HEX#48271E
RGBrgb(72, 39, 30)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.1529, 0.1176
RGB percentages28.2%, 15.3%, 11.8%
HSLhsl(12.9, 41.2%, 20%)
HSV / HSBhsv(12.9, 58.3%, 28.2%)
CMYK0%, 45.8%, 58.3%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,728,606
CSS custom property--colour: #48271E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02922WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness50.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.25:1
Contrast with white13.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#B7D8E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2F2B1Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#37321Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Tritanopia#4F2225no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 27.5Dim grey · ΔE 31.2Dark slate grey · ΔE 32.9Saddle brown · ΔE 35.6Sienna · ΔE 36.5Gray · ΔE 38.9
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 27.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1E3F48
Analogous#481E2A, #483C1E
Triadic#1E4827, #271E48
Split complementary#1E483C, #1E2A48
Tetradic#2A481E, #1E3F48, #3C1E48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3816F
Lighter +30%#B4624B
Lighter +20%#904E3C
Lighter +10%#6C3B2D
Darker −10%#24140F
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#552011
Less saturated −25%#3B2E2B

Channel breakdown

R72
G39
B30
Red72 (28.2%)
Green39 (15.3%)
Blue30 (11.8%)
Hue12.86°
Saturation (HSL)41.18%
Lightness20%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 48 · G 27 · B 1E

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