Recognised as Colour

#49150E

#49150E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#49150E is a red with RGB values 73, 21, 14 and HSL 7°, 68%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#49150E

RGBrgb(73, 21, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.0824, 0.0549

RGB percentages28.6%, 8.2%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(7.1, 67.8%, 17.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(7.1, 80.8%, 28.6%)

CMYK0%, 71.2%, 80.8%, 71.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,789,518

CSS custom property--colour: #49150E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01985WCAG 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 15.03:1

Contrast with white15.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#B6EAF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#231F0Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#302B0Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27 from the original

Tritanopia#510814no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 32.3 Maroon · ΔE 33 Black · ΔE 33.7 Sienna · ΔE 34.1 Brown · ΔE 36.1 Dark red · ΔE 38

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 32.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E4249

Analogous#490E25, #49320E

Triadic#0E4915, #150E49

Split complementary#0E4932, #0E2549

Tetradic#25490E, #0E4249, #320E49

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DC5947

Lighter +30%#C93A27

Lighter +20%#9F2E1E

Lighter +10%#742116

Darker −10%#1E0906

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#540D03

Less saturated −25%#3E1D19

Channel breakdown

R73

G21

B14

Red73 (28.6%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue7.12°

Saturation (HSL)67.82%

Lightness17.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 49 · G 15 · B 0E

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