Recognised as Colour

#491C19

#491C19
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#491C19 is a red with RGB values 73, 28, 25 and HSL 4°, 49%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#491C19

RGBrgb(73, 28, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.1098, 0.098

RGB percentages28.6%, 11%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(3.8, 49%, 19.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3.8, 65.8%, 28.6%)

CMYK0%, 61.6%, 65.8%, 71.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,791,321

CSS custom property--colour: #491C19;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02317WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness46.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.35:1

Contrast with white14.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#252525

Inverted#B6E3E6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#272418no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#322E18no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original

Tritanopia#50141Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 30 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.3 Sienna · ΔE 36.2 Dim grey · ΔE 36.8 Maroon · ΔE 37.9 Brown · ΔE 39.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 30, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#194649

Analogous#49192E, #493419

Triadic#19491C, #1C1949

Split complementary#194934, #192E49

Tetradic#2E4919, #194649, #341949

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CA6A64

Lighter +30%#BB4840

Lighter +20%#953933

Lighter +10%#6F2B26

Darker −10%#230D0C

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#55110D

Less saturated −25%#3D2725

Channel breakdown

R73

G28

B25

Red73 (28.6%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue3.75°

Saturation (HSL)48.98%

Lightness19.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 49 · G 1C · B 19

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