Recognised as Colour

#4B170B

#4B170B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#4B170B is a red with RGB values 75, 23, 11 and HSL 11°, 74%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#4B170B

RGBrgb(75, 23, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.0902, 0.0431

RGB percentages29.4%, 9%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(11.3, 74.4%, 16.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.3, 85.3%, 29.4%)

CMYK0%, 69.3%, 85.3%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,921,099

CSS custom property--colour: #4B170B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02133WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness44.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.72:1

Contrast with white14.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#212121

Inverted#B4E8F4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#262109no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#322C09no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original

Tritanopia#530A15no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 30.1 Maroon · ΔE 31.6 Sienna · ΔE 32.2 Black · ΔE 35.1 Brown · ΔE 35.1 Dark red · ΔE 36.5

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 30.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B3F4B

Analogous#4B0B1F, #4B370B

Triadic#0B4B17, #170B4B

Split complementary#0B4B37, #0B1F4B

Tetradic#1F4B0B, #0B3F4B, #370B4B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E35E3F

Lighter +30%#D0401F

Lighter +20%#A43218

Lighter +10%#772512

Darker −10%#1F0904

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#561000

Less saturated −25%#401E16

Channel breakdown

R75

G23

B11

Red75 (29.4%)

Green23 (9%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue11.25°

Saturation (HSL)74.42%

Lightness16.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4B · G 17 · B 0B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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