Recognised as Colour

#4E100B

#4E100B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#4E100B is a red with RGB values 78, 16, 11 and HSL 4°, 75%, 17%. 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

#4E100B#4E100B

HEX#4E100B

RGBrgb(78, 16, 11)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0627, 0.0431

RGB percentages30.6%, 6.3%, 4.3%

HSLhsl(4.5, 75.3%, 17.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(4.5, 85.9%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 79.5%, 85.9%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,115,915

CSS custom property--colour: #4E100B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02014WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness44.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.97:1

Contrast with white14.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#1D1D1D

Inverted#B1EFF4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#221E0Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#322C08no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Tritanopia#57000Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 28.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 30.9 Brown · ΔE 32.5 Sienna · ΔE 32.6 Dark red · ΔE 33.9 Black · ΔE 37.8

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 28.87, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0B494E

Analogous#4E0B27, #4E320B

Triadic#0B4E10, #100B4E

Split complementary#0B4E32, #0B284E

Tetradic#274E0B, #0B494E, #320B4E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E44D41

Lighter +30%#D42C1E

Lighter +20%#A72218

Lighter +10%#7B1911

Darker −10%#210705

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#590700

Less saturated −25%#431916

Channel breakdown

R78

G16

B11

Red78 (30.6%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue11 (4.3%)

Hue4.48°

Saturation (HSL)75.28%

Lightness17.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 10 · B 0B

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