Recognised as Colour

#4E121B

#4E121B
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#4E121B is a red with RGB values 78, 18, 27 and HSL 351°, 63%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#4E121B#4E121B

HEX#4E121B

RGBrgb(78, 18, 27)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0706, 0.1059

RGB percentages30.6%, 7.1%, 10.6%

HSLhsl(351, 62.5%, 18.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351, 76.9%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 76.9%, 65.4%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,116,443

CSS custom property--colour: #4E121B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02131WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness45.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.72:1

Contrast with white14.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#B1EDE4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#22201Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#312D19no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original

Tritanopia#560416no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 34.4 Maroon · ΔE 35.2 Brown · ΔE 36.3 Saddle brown · ΔE 37.5 Sienna · ΔE 37.6 Dark red · ΔE 40.1

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 34.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#124E45

Analogous#4E1239, #4E2712

Triadic#1B4E12, #121B4E

Split complementary#124E27, #12394E

Tetradic#394E12, #124E45, #27124E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D85468

Lighter +30%#CA2F46

Lighter +20%#A12538

Lighter +10%#771C29

Darker −10%#25080D

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5A0613

Less saturated −25%#421E23

Channel breakdown

R78

G18

B27

Red78 (30.6%)

Green18 (7.1%)

Blue27 (10.6%)

Hue351°

Saturation (HSL)62.5%

Lightness18.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 12 · B 1B

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#4E121B

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else