Recognised as Colour

#4A0807

#4A0807
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#4A0807 is a red with RGB values 74, 8, 7 and HSL 1°, 83%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#4A0807

RGBrgb(74, 8, 7)

RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.0314, 0.0275

RGB percentages29%, 3.1%, 2.7%

HSLhsl(0.9, 82.7%, 15.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0.9, 90.5%, 29%)

CMYK0%, 89.2%, 90.5%, 71%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,851,719

CSS custom property--colour: #4A0807;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01645WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness41 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.8:1

Contrast with white15.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#161616

Inverted#B5F7F8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1D1906no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#2D2804no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original

Tritanopia#520009no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 29.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 33.3 Brown · ΔE 33.5 Dark red · ΔE 34.6 Sienna · ΔE 35 Black · ΔE 37.5

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 29.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#07494A

Analogous#4A0727, #4A2A07

Triadic#074A08, #08074A

Split complementary#074A29, #07284A

Tetradic#284A07, #07494A, #2A074A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EC3431

Lighter +30%#D61714

Lighter +20%#A71210

Lighter +10%#790D0B

Darker −10%#1B0303

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#510100

Less saturated −25%#401211

Channel breakdown

R74

Red74 (29%)

Green8 (3.1%)

Blue7 (2.7%)

Hue0.9°

Saturation (HSL)82.72%

Lightness15.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4A · G 08 · B 07

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