Recognised as Colour

#4B0815

#4B0815
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#4B0815 is a red with RGB values 75, 8, 21 and HSL 348°, 81%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#4B0815

RGBrgb(75, 8, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.0314, 0.0824

RGB percentages29.4%, 3.1%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(348.4, 80.7%, 16.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(348.4, 89.3%, 29.4%)

CMYK0%, 89.3%, 72%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,917,269

CSS custom property--colour: #4B0815;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01724WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness42.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.62:1

Contrast with white15.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#171717

Inverted#B4F7EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1C1B15no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original

Deuteranopia#2D2913no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Tritanopia#53000Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 33.6 Brown · ΔE 35.6 Black · ΔE 35.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 38 Sienna · ΔE 38.4 Dark red · ΔE 38.5

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 33.59, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#084B3E

Analogous#4B0837, #4B1C08

Triadic#154B08, #08154B

Split complementary#084B1C, #08374B

Tetradic#374B08, #084B3E, #1C084B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EA3558

Lighter +30%#D5173C

Lighter +20%#A7122F

Lighter +10%#790D22

Darker −10%#1D0308

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#530010

Less saturated −25%#41121B

Channel breakdown

R75

B21

Red75 (29.4%)

Green8 (3.1%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue348.36°

Saturation (HSL)80.72%

Lightness16.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4B · G 08 · B 15

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