Recognised as Colour

#4C140E

#4C140E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#4C140E is a red with RGB values 76, 20, 14 and HSL 6°, 69%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#4C140E#4C140E

HEX#4C140E

RGBrgb(76, 20, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.298, 0.0784, 0.0549

RGB percentages29.8%, 7.8%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(5.8, 68.9%, 17.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(5.8, 81.6%, 29.8%)

CMYK0%, 73.7%, 81.6%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,985,870

CSS custom property--colour: #4C140E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02069WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness44.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.85:1

Contrast with white14.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#B3EBF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#24200Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#322C0Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Tritanopia#540513no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 31.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.4 Sienna · ΔE 33.1 Brown · ΔE 34.4 Black · ΔE 35.5 Dark red · ΔE 36.2

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 31.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E464C

Analogous#4C0E27, #4C330E

Triadic#0E4C14, #140E4C

Split complementary#0E4C33, #0E274C

Tetradic#274C0E, #0E464C, #330E4C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DD5749

Lighter +30%#CD3626

Lighter +20%#A22B1E

Lighter +10%#771F16

Darker −10%#210906

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#570B03

Less saturated −25%#411D19

Channel breakdown

R76

G20

B14

Red76 (29.8%)

Green20 (7.8%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue5.81°

Saturation (HSL)68.89%

Lightness17.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4C · G 14 · B 0E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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