Recognised as Colour

#4E1309

#4E1309
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#4E1309 is a red with RGB values 78, 19, 9 and HSL 9°, 79%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#4E1309

RGBrgb(78, 19, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0745, 0.0353

RGB percentages30.6%, 7.5%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(8.7, 79.3%, 17.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(8.7, 88.5%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 75.6%, 88.5%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,116,681

CSS custom property--colour: #4E1309;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02105WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness45.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.78:1

Contrast with white14.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#B1ECF6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#242007no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original

Deuteranopia#332D07no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Tritanopia#570211no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 28.8 Saddle brown · ΔE 29.5 Sienna · ΔE 31.6 Brown · ΔE 32.7 Dark red · ΔE 33.8 Black · ΔE 37.7

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 28.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#09444E

Analogous#4E0921, #4E3609

Triadic#094E13, #13094E

Split complementary#094E35, #09224E

Tetradic#214E09, #09444E, #35094E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8543B

Lighter +30%#D73419

Lighter +20%#A92914

Lighter +10%#7C1E0E

Darker −10%#200804

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#570D00

Less saturated −25%#431B14

Channel breakdown

R78

G19

Red78 (30.6%)

Green19 (7.5%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue8.7°

Saturation (HSL)79.31%

Lightness17.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 13 · B 09

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