Colour

#49170E

#49170E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#49170E is a red with RGB values 73, 23, 14 and HSL 9°, 68%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#49170E

RGBrgb(73, 23, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.0902, 0.0549

RGB percentages28.6%, 9%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(9.2, 67.8%, 17.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.2, 80.8%, 28.6%)

CMYK0%, 68.5%, 80.8%, 71.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,790,030

CSS custom property--colour: #49170E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02061WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness43.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.87:1

Contrast with white14.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#B6E8F1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#25200Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original

Deuteranopia#312B0Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original

Tritanopia#510B15no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 31.8 Black · ΔE 33.4 Maroon · ΔE 33.4 Sienna · ΔE 33.7 Brown · ΔE 36.5 Dark red · ΔE 38.3

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 31.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E4049

Analogous#490E22, #49350E

Triadic#0E4917, #170E49

Split complementary#0E4935, #0E2249

Tetradic#22490E, #0E4049, #350E49

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DC5E47

Lighter +30%#C93F27

Lighter +20%#9F321E

Lighter +10%#742416

Darker −10%#1E0A06

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#540F03

Less saturated −25%#3E1F19

Channel breakdown

R73

G23

B14

Red73 (28.6%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue9.15°

Saturation (HSL)67.82%

Lightness17.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 49 · G 17 · B 0E

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