Recognised as Colour

#4C040E

#4C040E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#4C040E is a red with RGB values 76, 4, 14 and HSL 352°, 90%, 16%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#4C040E#4C040E

HEX#4C040E

RGBrgb(76, 4, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.298, 0.0157, 0.0549

RGB percentages29.8%, 1.6%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(351.7, 90%, 15.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.7, 94.7%, 29.8%)

CMYK0%, 94.7%, 81.6%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,981,774

CSS custom property--colour: #4C040E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01655WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness41.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.78:1

Contrast with white15.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#141414

Inverted#B3FBF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1C190Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#2D280Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Tritanopia#550008no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 30.2 Brown · ΔE 33.3 Dark red · ΔE 35.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.6 Sienna · ΔE 36.6 Black · ΔE 38.3

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 30.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#044C42

Analogous#4C0432, #4C1E04

Triadic#0E4C04, #040E4C

Split complementary#044C1E, #04324C

Tetradic#324C04, #044C42, #1E044C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F42845

Lighter +30%#DD0C29

Lighter +20%#AD0920

Lighter +10%#7C0717

Darker −10%#1C0105

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#50000B

Less saturated −25%#420E15

Channel breakdown

R76

B14

Red76 (29.8%)

Green4 (1.6%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue351.67°

Saturation (HSL)90%

Lightness15.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4C · G 04 · B 0E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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