Colour

#4B0914

#4B0914
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#4B0914 is a red with RGB values 75, 9, 20 and HSL 350°, 79%, 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#4B0914

RGBrgb(75, 9, 20)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.0353, 0.0784

RGB percentages29.4%, 3.5%, 7.8%

HSLhsl(350, 78.6%, 16.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(350, 88%, 29.4%)

CMYK0%, 88%, 73.3%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,917,524

CSS custom property--colour: #4B0914;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01742WCAG 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 15.57:1

Contrast with white15.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#181818

Inverted#B4F6EB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1D1B14no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#2D2912no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original

Tritanopia#53000Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 33.1 Brown · ΔE 35.3 Black · ΔE 35.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 37.2 Sienna · ΔE 37.8 Dark red · ΔE 38.1

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 33.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#094B40

Analogous#4B0935, #4B1F09

Triadic#144B09, #09144B

Split complementary#094B1F, #09354B

Tetradic#354B09, #094B40, #1F094B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E73956

Lighter +30%#D41938

Lighter +20%#A6142C

Lighter +10%#790E20

Darker −10%#1D0408

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#54000E

Less saturated −25%#41131B

Channel breakdown

R75

B20

Red75 (29.4%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue20 (7.8%)

Hue350°

Saturation (HSL)78.57%

Lightness16.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4B · G 09 · B 14

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