Recognised as Colour

#4E031C

#4E031C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#4E031C is a red with RGB values 78, 3, 28 and HSL 340°, 93%, 16%. 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

#4E031C#4E031C

HEX#4E031C

RGBrgb(78, 3, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0118, 0.1098

RGB percentages30.6%, 1.2%, 11%

HSLhsl(340, 92.6%, 15.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(340, 96.2%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 96.2%, 64.1%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,112,604

CSS custom property--colour: #4E031C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01769WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness43.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.51:1

Contrast with white15.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#151515

Inverted#B1FCE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1A1A1Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original

Deuteranopia#2D291Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original

Tritanopia#56000Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 36 Brown · ΔE 36.7 Black · ΔE 37.7 Dark red · ΔE 40.7 Sienna · ΔE 41.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 42

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 35.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#034E35

Analogous#4E0342, #4E1003

Triadic#1C4E03, #031C4E

Split complementary#034E0F, #03424E

Tetradic#424E03, #034E35, #10034E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F7266C

Lighter +30%#E10951

Lighter +20%#B0073F

Lighter +10%#7F052E

Darker −10%#1D010A

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#51001B

Less saturated −25%#440D1F

Channel breakdown

R78

B28

Red78 (30.6%)

Green3 (1.2%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue340°

Saturation (HSL)92.59%

Lightness15.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 03 · B 1C

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