Colour

#4A0002

#4A0002
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#4A0002 is a red with RGB values 74, 0, 2 and HSL 358°, 100%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#4A0002#4A0002

HEX#4A0002

RGBrgb(74, 0, 2)

RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0, 0.0078

RGB percentages29%, 0%, 0.8%

HSLhsl(358.4, 100%, 14.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(358.4, 100%, 29%)

CMYK0%, 100%, 97.3%, 71%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,849,666

CSS custom property--colour: #4A0002;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0146WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness40.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.25:1

Contrast with white16.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#101010

Inverted#B5FFFD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1A1601no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#2C2600no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original

Tritanopia#530002no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 28 Brown · ΔE 32.6 Dark red · ΔE 33.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 34.3 Sienna · ΔE 35.9 Black · ΔE 39.7

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#004A48

Analogous#4A0027, #4A2300

Triadic#024A00, #00024A

Split complementary#004A23, #00274A

Tetradic#274A00, #004A48, #23004A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF171D

Lighter +30%#E30006

Lighter +20%#B00005

Lighter +10%#7D0003

Darker −10%#170001

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4A0002

Less saturated −25%#41090B

Channel breakdown

R74

Red74 (29%)

Green0 (0%)

Blue2 (0.8%)

Hue358.38°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness14.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4A · G 00 · B 02

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#4A0002

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else