Recognised as Colour

#4B140B

#4B140B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#4B140B is a red with RGB values 75, 20, 11 and HSL 8°, 74%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#4B140B

RGBrgb(75, 20, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.0784, 0.0431

RGB percentages29.4%, 7.8%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(8.4, 74.4%, 16.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.4, 85.3%, 29.4%)

CMYK0%, 73.3%, 85.3%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,920,331

CSS custom property--colour: #4B140B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness43.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.96:1

Contrast with white14.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#B4EBF4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#241F0Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#312B09no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original

Tritanopia#530512no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 30.9 Maroon · ΔE 31 Sienna · ΔE 32.9 Brown · ΔE 34.6 Black · ΔE 35.5 Dark red · ΔE 36

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 30.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B424B

Analogous#4B0B22, #4B340B

Triadic#0B4B14, #140B4B

Split complementary#0B4B34, #0B224B

Tetradic#224B0B, #0B424B, #340B4B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E3563F

Lighter +30%#D0381F

Lighter +20%#A42C18

Lighter +10%#772012

Darker −10%#1F0804

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#560C00

Less saturated −25%#401C16

Channel breakdown

R75

G20

B11

Red75 (29.4%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue8.44°

Saturation (HSL)74.42%

Lightness16.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4B · G 14 · B 0B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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