Recognised as Colour

#4C0912

#4C0912
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#4C0912 is a red with RGB values 76, 9, 18 and HSL 352°, 79%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#4C0912#4C0912

HEX#4C0912

RGBrgb(76, 9, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.298, 0.0353, 0.0706

RGB percentages29.8%, 3.5%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(351.9, 78.8%, 16.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351.9, 88.2%, 29.8%)

CMYK0%, 88.2%, 76.3%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,983,058

CSS custom property--colour: #4C0912;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01776WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness42.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.5:1

Contrast with white15.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#181818

Inverted#B3F6ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1E1B12no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#2E2910no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.9 from the original

Tritanopia#54000Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 31.7 Brown · ΔE 34.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.9 Black · ΔE 36.7 Sienna · ΔE 36.7 Dark red · ΔE 36.7

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 31.75, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#094C43

Analogous#4C0934, #4C2109

Triadic#124C09, #09124C

Split complementary#094C21, #09344C

Tetradic#344C09, #094C43, #21094C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E83951

Lighter +30%#D51932

Lighter +20%#A71428

Lighter +10%#7A0E1D

Darker −10%#1E0407

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#55000B

Less saturated −25%#41141A

Channel breakdown

R76

B18

Red76 (29.8%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue351.94°

Saturation (HSL)78.82%

Lightness16.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4C · G 09 · B 12

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