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Recognised as Colour

#490F28

  • #490F28
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#490F28 is a red with RGB values 73, 15, 40 and HSL 334°, 66%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#490F28#490F28
HEX#490F28
RGBrgb(73, 15, 40)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.0588, 0.1569
RGB percentages28.6%, 5.9%, 15.7%
HSLhsl(334.1, 65.9%, 17.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(334.1, 79.5%, 28.6%)
CMYK0%, 79.5%, 45.2%, 71.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,788,008
CSS custom property--colour: #490F28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01911WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness43.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.19:1
Contrast with white15.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D
Inverted#B6F0D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1B1F29no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#2B2A27no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original
Tritanopia#50081Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.19:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 33.1Dim grey · ΔE 41.6Brown · ΔE 43.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 44.1Dark slate grey · ΔE 44.3Maroon · ΔE 44.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 33.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0F4930
Analogous#490F45, #49130F
Triadic#28490F, #0F2849
Split complementary#0F4913, #0F4549
Tetradic#45490F, #0F4930, #130F49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DA4A88
Lighter +30%#C8296E
Lighter +20%#9E2056
Lighter +10%#73183F
Darker −10%#1F0611
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#540426
Less saturated −25%#3E1A2A

Channel breakdown

R73
G15
B40
Red73 (28.6%)
Green15 (5.9%)
Blue40 (15.7%)
Hue334.14°
Saturation (HSL)65.91%
Lightness17.25%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 49 · G 0F · B 28

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