Colour

#4E1001

#4E1001
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#4E1001 is a red with RGB values 78, 16, 1 and HSL 12°, 97%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#4E1001

RGBrgb(78, 16, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0627, 0.0039

RGB percentages30.6%, 6.3%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(11.7, 97.5%, 15.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11.7, 98.7%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 79.5%, 98.7%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,115,905

CSS custom property--colour: #4E1001;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01992WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness44.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.02:1

Contrast with white15.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#B1EFFE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#231E00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#322C00no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.2 from the original

Tritanopia#57000Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text15.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 26.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 28.3 Sienna · ΔE 31 Brown · ΔE 31.7 Dark red · ΔE 31.8 Firebrick · ΔE 39.3

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 26.82, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#013F4E

Analogous#4E0119, #4E3601

Triadic#014E10, #10014E

Split complementary#014E37, #01184E

Tetradic#194E01, #013F4E, #36014E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FC4A1F

Lighter +30%#E52F03

Lighter +20%#B32502

Lighter +10%#801A02

Darker −10%#1C0600

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4F0F00

Less saturated −25%#44160B

Channel breakdown

R78

G16

Red78 (30.6%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue11.69°

Saturation (HSL)97.47%

Lightness15.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 10 · B 01

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