Colour

#4B2B29

#4B2B29
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#4B2B29 is a red with RGB values 75, 43, 41 and HSL 4°, 29%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#4B2B29#4B2B29

HEX#4B2B29

RGBrgb(75, 43, 41)

RGB (0–1)0.2941, 0.1686, 0.1608

RGB percentages29.4%, 16.9%, 16.1%

HSLhsl(3.5, 29.3%, 22.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3.5, 45.3%, 29.4%)

CMYK0%, 42.7%, 45.3%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,926,249

CSS custom property--colour: #4B2B29;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness54.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.52:1

Contrast with white12.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#B4D4D6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#323029no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#393628no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original

Tritanopia#51272Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 27.1 Dim grey · ΔE 28.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 30.2 Gray · ΔE 36 Sienna · ΔE 38.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 38.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 27.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#29494B

Analogous#4B2938, #4B3C29

Triadic#294B2B, #2B294B

Split complementary#294B3C, #29384B

Tetradic#384B29, #29494B, #3C294B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BC8784

Lighter +30%#AA6763

Lighter +20%#8D514D

Lighter +10%#6C3E3B

Darker −10%#2A1817

Darker −20%#090505

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5A1E1B

Less saturated −25%#3D3838

Channel breakdown

R75

G43

B41

Red75 (29.4%)

Green43 (16.9%)

Blue41 (16.1%)

Hue3.53°

Saturation (HSL)29.31%

Lightness22.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4B · G 2B · B 29

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