Recognised as Colour

#4E0501

#4E0501
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#4E0501 is a red with RGB values 78, 5, 1 and HSL 3°, 97%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#4E0501

RGBrgb(78, 5, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0196, 0.0039

RGB percentages30.6%, 2%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(3.1, 97.5%, 15.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(3.1, 98.7%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 93.6%, 98.7%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,113,089

CSS custom property--colour: #4E0501;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0173WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness42.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.6:1

Contrast with white15.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#141414

Inverted#B1FAFE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1E1900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#302900no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Tritanopia#570005no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 25.8 Brown · ΔE 30.7 Dark red · ΔE 30.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 31.1 Sienna · ΔE 33.2 Firebrick · ΔE 38.2

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 25.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#014A4E

Analogous#4E0124, #4E2C01

Triadic#014E05, #05014E

Split complementary#014E2C, #01234E

Tetradic#244E01, #014A4E, #2C014E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FC2A1F

Lighter +30%#E50F03

Lighter +20%#B30B02

Lighter +10%#800802

Darker −10%#1C0200

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4F0400

Less saturated −25%#440E0B

Channel breakdown

R78

Red78 (30.6%)

Green5 (2%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue3.12°

Saturation (HSL)97.47%

Lightness15.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 05 · B 01

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