Recognised as Colour
#49140A
- #49140A
- Red
- Dark
- Nearest: Saddle brown
#49140A is a red with RGB values 73, 20, 10 and HSL 10°, 76%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.
Colour values
#49140A#49140A
HEX#49140A
RGBrgb(73, 20, 10)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.0784, 0.0392
RGB percentages28.6%, 7.8%, 3.9%
HSLhsl(9.5, 75.9%, 16.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(9.5, 86.3%, 28.6%)
CMYK0%, 72.6%, 86.3%, 71.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,789,258
CSS custom property--colour: #49140A;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.01939WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness42.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.13:1
Contrast with white15.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F
Inverted#B6EBF5
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text15.13:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Named colours
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#0A3F49
Analogous#490A1F, #49330A
Triadic#0A4914, #140A49
Split complementary#0A4933, #0A2049
Tetradic#20490A, #0A3F49, #340A49
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R73
G20
B10
Red73 (28.6%)
Green20 (7.8%)
Blue10 (3.9%)
Hue9.52°
Saturation (HSL)75.9%
Lightness16.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 49 · G 14 · B 0A
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