Recognised as Colour

#4B231D

#4B231D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#4B231D is a red with RGB values 75, 35, 29 and HSL 8°, 44%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#4B231D

RGBrgb(75, 35, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.1373, 0.1137

RGB percentages29.4%, 13.7%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(7.8, 44.2%, 20.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(7.8, 61.3%, 29.4%)

CMYK0%, 53.3%, 61.3%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,924,189

CSS custom property--colour: #4B231D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02787WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness50 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.48:1

Contrast with white13.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#B4DCE2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2D291Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#36321Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original

Tritanopia#521C22no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text13.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 29.3 Dim grey · ΔE 33.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 34.7 Sienna · ΔE 35.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 36.2 Maroon · ΔE 39.7

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 29.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D454B

Analogous#4B1D2E, #4B3A1D

Triadic#1D4B23, #231D4B

Split complementary#1D4B3A, #1D2E4B

Tetradic#2E4B1D, #1D454B, #3A1D4B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C7796D

Lighter +30%#B85749

Lighter +20%#954539

Lighter +10%#70342B

Darker −10%#26120F

Darker −20%#010101

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#581910

Less saturated −25%#3E2D2A

Channel breakdown

R75

G35

B29

Red75 (29.4%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue7.83°

Saturation (HSL)44.23%

Lightness20.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4B · G 23 · B 1D

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