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Recognised as Colour

#48391B

  • #48391B
  • Orange
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dim grey

#48391B is a orange with RGB values 72, 57, 27 and HSL 40°, 45%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dim grey.

Colour values

#48391B#48391B
HEX#48391B
RGBrgb(72, 57, 27)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.2235, 0.1059
RGB percentages28.2%, 22.4%, 10.6%
HSLhsl(40, 45.5%, 19.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(40, 62.5%, 28.2%)
CMYK0%, 20.8%, 62.5%, 71.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,733,211
CSS custom property--colour: #48391B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04383WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness59.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.19:1
Contrast with white11.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A
Inverted#B7C6E4

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#403918no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#433D1Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Tritanopia#4E3432no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourDim grey (#696969)ΔE 28.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#1B2A48
Analogous#48231B, #41481B
Triadic#1B4839, #391B48
Split complementary#1B4148, #231B48
Tetradic#1B4823, #1B2A48, #481B41

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#C7A768
Lighter +30%#B79145
Lighter +20%#927437
Lighter +10%#6D5629
Darker −10%#231C0D
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#543D0F
Less saturated −25%#3C3527

Channel breakdown

R72
G57
B27
Red72 (28.2%)
Green57 (22.4%)
Blue27 (10.6%)
Hue40°
Saturation (HSL)45.45%
Lightness19.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 48 · G 39 · B 1B

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