Recognised as Colour

#4E0912

#4E0912
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#4E0912 is a red with RGB values 78, 9, 18 and HSL 352°, 79%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

#4E0912#4E0912

HEX#4E0912

RGBrgb(78, 9, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0353, 0.0706

RGB percentages30.6%, 3.5%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(352.2, 79.3%, 17.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(352.2, 88.5%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 88.5%, 76.9%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,114,130

CSS custom property--colour: #4E0912;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01859WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness43.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.31:1

Contrast with white15.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#181818

Inverted#B1F6ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#1E1C12no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#2F2A10no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Tritanopia#57000Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 30.7 Brown · ΔE 33.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.2 Dark red · ΔE 35.7 Sienna · ΔE 35.9 Black · ΔE 37.7

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 30.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#094E45

Analogous#4E0935, #4E2209

Triadic#124E09, #09124E

Split complementary#094E22, #09354E

Tetradic#354E09, #094E45, #22094E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E83B51

Lighter +30%#D71932

Lighter +20%#A91427

Lighter +10%#7C0E1D

Darker −10%#200407

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#57000B

Less saturated −25%#43141A

Channel breakdown

R78

B18

Red78 (30.6%)

Green9 (3.5%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue352.17°

Saturation (HSL)79.31%

Lightness17.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 09 · B 12

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