Colour

#4B0E17

#4B0E17
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#4B0E17 is a red with RGB values 75, 14, 23 and HSL 351°, 69%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#4B0E17

RGBrgb(75, 14, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.0549, 0.0902

RGB percentages29.4%, 5.5%, 9%

HSLhsl(351.1, 68.5%, 17.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.1, 81.3%, 29.4%)

CMYK0%, 81.3%, 69.3%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,918,807

CSS custom property--colour: #4B0E17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01872WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness43.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.28:1

Contrast with white15.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#B4F1E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1F1D17no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#2E2A15no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Tritanopia#530012no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 34.4 Maroon · ΔE 34.7 Brown · ΔE 36.4 Saddle brown · ΔE 37.5 Sienna · ΔE 37.9 Dark red · ΔE 39.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 34.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E4B42

Analogous#4B0E35, #4B240E

Triadic#174B0E, #0E174B

Split complementary#0E4B24, #0E354B

Tetradic#354B0E, #0E4B42, #240E4B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DD485E

Lighter +30%#CC263F

Lighter +20%#A11E31

Lighter +10%#761624

Darker −10%#20060A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#56030F

Less saturated −25%#40191F

Channel breakdown

R75

G14

B23

Red75 (29.4%)

Green14 (5.5%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue351.15°

Saturation (HSL)68.54%

Lightness17.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4B · G 0E · B 17

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