Recognised as Colour

#490A12

#490A12
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#490A12 is a red with RGB values 73, 10, 18 and HSL 352°, 76%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#490A12

RGBrgb(73, 10, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.0392, 0.0706

RGB percentages28.6%, 3.9%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(352.4, 75.9%, 16.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.4, 86.3%, 28.6%)

CMYK0%, 86.3%, 75.3%, 71.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,786,706

CSS custom property--colour: #490A12;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01677WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness41.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.73:1

Contrast with white15.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#181818

Inverted#B6F5ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1D1A12no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#2C2810no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Tritanopia#51000Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 33.4 Black · ΔE 35 Brown · ΔE 35.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 36.8 Sienna · ΔE 37.6 Dark red · ΔE 38.4

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 33.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0A4941

Analogous#490A31, #49220A

Triadic#12490A, #0A1249

Split complementary#0A4922, #0A3149

Tetradic#31490A, #0A4941, #220A49

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E43B50

Lighter +30%#D01C33

Lighter +20%#A31628

Lighter +10%#76101D

Darker −10%#1C0407

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#53000B

Less saturated −25%#3F141A

Channel breakdown

R73

G10

B18

Red73 (28.6%)

Green10 (3.9%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue352.38°

Saturation (HSL)75.9%

Lightness16.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 49 · G 0A · B 12

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