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Recognised as Colour

#4E2524

  • #4E2524
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#4E2524 is a red with RGB values 78, 37, 36 and HSL 1°, 37%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#4E2524#4E2524
HEX#4E2524
RGBrgb(78, 37, 36)
RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.1451, 0.1412
RGB percentages30.6%, 14.5%, 14.1%
HSLhsl(1.4, 36.8%, 22.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(1.4, 53.8%, 30.6%)
CMYK0%, 52.6%, 53.8%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,121,316
CSS custom property--colour: #4E2524;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness52.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.01:1
Contrast with white13.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E
Inverted#B1DADB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2E2C24no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#383423no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Tritanopia#551F25no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 29.5Dim grey · ΔE 32.2Dark slate grey · ΔE 35.3Sienna · ΔE 36.6Saddle brown · ΔE 36.6Gray · ΔE 39.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 29.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#244D4E
Analogous#4E2438, #4E3A24
Triadic#244E25, #25244E
Split complementary#244E3A, #24384E
Tetradic#384E24, #244D4E, #3A244E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C27D7C
Lighter +30%#B25B59
Lighter +20%#944644
Lighter +10%#713634
Darker −10%#2B1414
Darker −20%#080404
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5C1716
Less saturated −25%#403332

Channel breakdown

R78
G37
B36
Red78 (30.6%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue36 (14.1%)
Hue1.43°
Saturation (HSL)36.84%
Lightness22.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 4E · G 25 · B 24

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