Colour

#4C150E

#4C150E
Red
Dark
Nearest: Saddle brown

#4C150E is a red with RGB values 76, 21, 14 and HSL 7°, 69%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Saddle brown.

Colour values

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HEX#4C150E

RGBrgb(76, 21, 14)

RGB (0–1)0.298, 0.0824, 0.0549

RGB percentages29.8%, 8.2%, 5.5%

HSLhsl(6.8, 68.9%, 17.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(6.8, 81.6%, 29.8%)

CMYK0%, 72.4%, 81.6%, 70.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,986,126

CSS custom property--colour: #4C150E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02105WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness44.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.78:1

Contrast with white14.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#B3EAF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#24200Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#322C0Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original

Tritanopia#540614no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Saddle brown · ΔE 31.2 Maroon · ΔE 31.4 Sienna · ΔE 32.9 Brown · ΔE 34.6 Black · ΔE 35.3 Dark red · ΔE 36.3

Nearest named CSS colourSaddle brown (#8B4513)ΔE 31.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0E454C

Analogous#4C0E26, #4C340E

Triadic#0E4C15, #150E4C

Split complementary#0E4C34, #0E264C

Tetradic#264C0E, #0E454C, #340E4C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DD5949

Lighter +30%#CD3926

Lighter +20%#A22D1E

Lighter +10%#772116

Darker −10%#210906

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#570C03

Less saturated −25%#411E19

Channel breakdown

R76

G21

B14

Red76 (29.8%)

Green21 (8.2%)

Blue14 (5.5%)

Hue6.77°

Saturation (HSL)68.89%

Lightness17.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4C · G 15 · B 0E

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