Recognised as Colour

#4B1000

#4B1000
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#4B1000 is a red with RGB values 75, 16, 0 and HSL 13°, 100%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#4B1000#4B1000

HEX#4B1000

RGBrgb(75, 16, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.0627, 0

RGB percentages29.4%, 6.3%, 0%

HSLhsl(12.8, 100%, 14.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(12.8, 100%, 29.4%)

CMYK0%, 78.7%, 100%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,919,296

CSS custom property--colour: #4B1000;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01866WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness42.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.29:1

Contrast with white15.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B

Inverted#B4EFFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#221D00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#312A00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original

Tritanopia#54000Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 28.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.2 Sienna · ΔE 31.9 Brown · ΔE 33.2 Dark red · ΔE 33.3 Black · ΔE 38.1

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 28.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#003B4B

Analogous#4B0015, #4B3600

Triadic#004B10, #10004B

Split complementary#004B35, #00164B

Tetradic#154B00, #003B4B, #35004B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FF4918

Lighter +30%#E43100

Lighter +20%#B12600

Lighter +10%#7E1B00

Darker −10%#180500

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4B1000

Less saturated −25%#421509

Channel breakdown

R75

G16

Red75 (29.4%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue12.8°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness14.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4B · G 10 · B 00

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