Recognised as Colour

#491C12

#491C12
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#491C12 is a red with RGB values 73, 28, 18 and HSL 11°, 60%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#491C12#491C12

HEX#491C12

RGBrgb(73, 28, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.1098, 0.0706

RGB percentages28.6%, 11%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(10.9, 60.4%, 17.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(10.9, 75.3%, 28.6%)

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

24-bit integer4,791,314

CSS custom property--colour: #491C12;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02291WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness45.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.4:1

Contrast with white14.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#252525

Inverted#B6E3ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#282411no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#332D11no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original

Tritanopia#51131Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 31.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 32 Sienna · ΔE 33.7 Maroon · ΔE 35.5 Brown · ΔE 38 Dim grey · ΔE 38.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)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#123F49

Analogous#491223, #493712

Triadic#12491C, #1C1249

Split complementary#124937, #122449

Tetradic#244912, #123F49, #381249

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D46A53

Lighter +30%#C44B30

Lighter +20%#9B3B26

Lighter +10%#722C1C

Darker −10%#200C08

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#541507

Less saturated −25%#3E231D

Channel breakdown

R73

G28

B18

Red73 (28.6%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue10.91°

Saturation (HSL)60.44%

Lightness17.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 49 · G 1C · B 12

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