Recognised as Colour

#4B221F

#4B221F
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#4B221F is a red with RGB values 75, 34, 31 and HSL 4°, 42%, 21%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#4B221F#4B221F

HEX#4B221F

RGBrgb(75, 34, 31)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.1333, 0.1216

RGB percentages29.4%, 13.3%, 12.2%

HSLhsl(4.1, 41.5%, 20.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(4.1, 58.7%, 29.4%)

CMYK0%, 54.7%, 58.7%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,923,935

CSS custom property--colour: #4B221F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02739WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness49.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.57:1

Contrast with white13.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2A2A2A

Inverted#B4DDE0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2C291Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#36311Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Tritanopia#521C21no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 29.1 Dim grey · ΔE 33.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 36 Dark slate grey · ΔE 36.3 Sienna · ΔE 36.4 Maroon · ΔE 40.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 29.05, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1F484B

Analogous#4B1F32, #4B381F

Triadic#1F4B22, #221F4B

Split complementary#1F4B38, #1F324B

Tetradic#324B1F, #1F484B, #381F4B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C57771

Lighter +30%#B6554D

Lighter +20%#93433D

Lighter +10%#6F322E

Darker −10%#271210

Darker −20%#030101

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#581712

Less saturated −25%#3E2D2C

Channel breakdown

R75

G34

B31

Red75 (29.4%)

Green34 (13.3%)

Blue31 (12.2%)

Hue4.09°

Saturation (HSL)41.51%

Lightness20.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4B · G 22 · B 1F

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