Recognised as Colour

#491A16

#491A16
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#491A16 is a red with RGB values 73, 26, 22 and HSL 5°, 54%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#491A16

RGBrgb(73, 26, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.102, 0.0863

RGB percentages28.6%, 10.2%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(4.7, 53.7%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(4.7, 69.9%, 28.6%)

CMYK0%, 64.4%, 69.9%, 71.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,790,806

CSS custom property--colour: #491A16;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02213WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness45.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.56:1

Contrast with white14.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#242424

Inverted#B6E5E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#262315no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original

Deuteranopia#322D15no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original

Tritanopia#511119no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 31 Saddle brown · ΔE 34.3 Sienna · ΔE 35.5 Maroon · ΔE 36.5 Dim grey · ΔE 38.2 Brown · ΔE 38.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#164549

Analogous#49162C, #493316

Triadic#16491A, #1A1649

Split complementary#164934, #162B49

Tetradic#2C4916, #164549, #341649

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CE665D

Lighter +30%#BF4439

Lighter +20%#97362E

Lighter +10%#702822

Darker −10%#220C0A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#55100A

Less saturated −25%#3D2422

Channel breakdown

R73

G26

B22

Red73 (28.6%)

Green26 (10.2%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue4.71°

Saturation (HSL)53.68%

Lightness18.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 49 · G 1A · B 16

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