Recognised as Colour

#49231C

#49231C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#49231C is a red with RGB values 73, 35, 28 and HSL 9°, 45%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#49231C#49231C

HEX#49231C

RGBrgb(73, 35, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.1373, 0.1098

RGB percentages28.6%, 13.7%, 11%

HSLhsl(9.3, 44.6%, 19.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(9.3, 61.6%, 28.6%)

CMYK0%, 52.1%, 61.6%, 71.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,793,116

CSS custom property--colour: #49231C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02702WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness49 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.63:1

Contrast with white13.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#B6DCE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C291Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original

Deuteranopia#36311Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original

Tritanopia#501D21no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 28.5 Dim grey · ΔE 33.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 35 Dark slate grey · ΔE 35.6 Sienna · ΔE 35.9 Maroon · ΔE 40.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 28.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C4249

Analogous#491C2C, #493A1C

Triadic#1C4923, #231C49

Split complementary#1C493A, #1C2B49

Tetradic#2B491C, #1C4249, #391C49

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C6796B

Lighter +30%#B85846

Lighter +20%#934638

Lighter +10%#6E352A

Darker −10%#24110E

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#561A0F

Less saturated −25%#3C2C29

Channel breakdown

R73

G35

B28

Red73 (28.6%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue9.33°

Saturation (HSL)44.55%

Lightness19.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 49 · G 23 · B 1C

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