Recognised as Colour

#4E261D

#4E261D
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#4E261D is a red with RGB values 78, 38, 29 and HSL 11°, 46%, 21%. 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

#4E261D#4E261D

HEX#4E261D

RGBrgb(78, 38, 29)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.149, 0.1137

RGB percentages30.6%, 14.9%, 11.4%

HSLhsl(11, 45.8%, 21%)

HSV / HSBhsv(11, 62.8%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 51.3%, 62.8%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,121,565

CSS custom property--colour: #4E261D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03095WCAG 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 12.97:1

Contrast with white12.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#B1D9E2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#302C1Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#3A341Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original

Tritanopia#561F24no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 30.6 Saddle brown · ΔE 32.8 Dim grey · ΔE 33.1 Sienna · ΔE 33.7 Dark slate grey · ΔE 36.2 Maroon · ΔE 38.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 30.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1D454E

Analogous#4E1D2D, #4E3F1D

Triadic#1D4E26, #261D4E

Split complementary#1D4E3F, #1D2D4E

Tetradic#2D4E1D, #1D454E, #3F1D4E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C97F6E

Lighter +30%#BB5E49

Lighter +20%#984A39

Lighter +10%#73382B

Darker −10%#29140F

Darker −20%#040201

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5B1E10

Less saturated −25%#412E2A

Channel breakdown

R78

G38

B29

Red78 (30.6%)

Green38 (14.9%)

Blue29 (11.4%)

Hue11.02°

Saturation (HSL)45.79%

Lightness20.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 26 · B 1D

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