Recognised as Colour

#4E1616

#4E1616
Red
Dark
Nearest: Maroon

#4E1616 is a red with RGB values 78, 22, 22 and HSL 0°, 56%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Maroon.

Colour values

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HEX#4E1616

RGBrgb(78, 22, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.0863, 0.0863

RGB percentages30.6%, 8.6%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(0, 56%, 19.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 71.8%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 71.8%, 71.8%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,117,462

CSS custom property--colour: #4E1616;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02251WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness46.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.48:1

Contrast with white14.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#222222

Inverted#B1E9E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#252216no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#332E14no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original

Tritanopia#560917no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Maroon · ΔE 33.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 33.6 Black · ΔE 34.4 Sienna · ΔE 34.4 Brown · ΔE 35.1 Dark red · ΔE 38.1

Nearest named CSS colourMaroon (#800000)ΔE 33.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#164E4E

Analogous#4E1632, #4E3216

Triadic#164E16, #16164E

Split complementary#164E32, #16324E

Tetradic#324E16, #164E4E, #32164E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D25E5E

Lighter +30%#C53838

Lighter +20%#9E2C2C

Lighter +10%#762121

Darker −10%#260B0B

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5B0A0A

Less saturated −25%#422323

Channel breakdown

R78

G22

B22

Red78 (30.6%)

Green22 (8.6%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)56%

Lightness19.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 16 · B 16

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