Recognised as Colour

#49121C

#49121C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#49121C is a red with RGB values 73, 18, 28 and HSL 349°, 60%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#49121C#49121C

HEX#49121C

RGBrgb(73, 18, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.0706, 0.1098

RGB percentages28.6%, 7.1%, 11%

HSLhsl(349.1, 60.4%, 17.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(349.1, 75.3%, 28.6%)

CMYK0%, 75.3%, 61.6%, 71.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,788,764

CSS custom property--colour: #49121C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01933WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness43.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.15:1

Contrast with white15.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1E1E1E

Inverted#B6EDE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#201F1Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#2E2A1Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original

Tritanopia#500716no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 31.8 Maroon · ΔE 38.3 Brown · ΔE 39.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 39.9 Sienna · ΔE 40 Dim grey · ΔE 40.5

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 31.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#12493F

Analogous#491238, #492312

Triadic#1C4912, #121C49

Split complementary#124923, #123849

Tetradic#384912, #12493F, #231249

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D4536A

Lighter +30%#C4304B

Lighter +20%#9B263B

Lighter +10%#721C2C

Darker −10%#20080C

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#540715

Less saturated −25%#3E1D23

Channel breakdown

R73

G18

B28

Red73 (28.6%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue349.09°

Saturation (HSL)60.44%

Lightness17.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 49 · G 12 · B 1C

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