Recognised as Colour

#4A0E04

#4A0E04
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#4A0E04 is a red with RGB values 74, 14, 4 and HSL 9°, 90%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#4A0E04#4A0E04

HEX#4A0E04

RGBrgb(74, 14, 4)

RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.0549, 0.0157

RGB percentages29%, 5.5%, 1.6%

HSLhsl(8.6, 89.7%, 15.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.6, 94.6%, 29%)

CMYK0%, 81.1%, 94.6%, 71%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,853,252

CSS custom property--colour: #4A0E04;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01779WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness41.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.49:1

Contrast with white15.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1A1A1A

Inverted#B5F1FB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#201C03no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#2F2902no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.2 from the original

Tritanopia#52000Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 29.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.1 Sienna · ΔE 33.3 Brown · ΔE 33.7 Dark red · ΔE 34.4 Black · ΔE 37.1

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 29.34, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#04404A

Analogous#4A041D, #4A3104

Triadic#044A0E, #0E044A

Split complementary#044A31, #041D4A

Tetradic#1D4A04, #04404A, #31044A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F34427

Lighter +30%#DB290C

Lighter +20%#AB2009

Lighter +10%#7A1707

Darker −10%#1A0501

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4E0B00

Less saturated −25%#40150E

Channel breakdown

R74

G14

Red74 (29%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue4 (1.6%)

Hue8.57°

Saturation (HSL)89.74%

Lightness15.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4A · G 0E · B 04

Keep nerding

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

#4A0E04

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