Recognised as Colour

#4E262C

#4E262C
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#4E262C is a red with RGB values 78, 38, 44 and HSL 351°, 34%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#4E262C#4E262C

HEX#4E262C

RGBrgb(78, 38, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.149, 0.1725

RGB percentages30.6%, 14.9%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(351, 34.5%, 22.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(351, 51.3%, 30.6%)

CMYK0%, 51.3%, 43.6%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,121,580

CSS custom property--colour: #4E262C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03188WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness53.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.82:1

Contrast with white12.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2F2F2F

Inverted#B1D9D3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2E2D2Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#38352Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original

Tritanopia#542228no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 28.8 Dim grey · ΔE 31 Dark slate grey · ΔE 33.9 Gray · ΔE 38.4 Sienna · ΔE 39.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 40.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 28.85, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#264E48

Analogous#4E2640, #4E3426

Triadic#2C4E26, #262C4E

Split complementary#264E34, #26404E

Tetradic#404E26, #264E48, #34264E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C17F89

Lighter +30%#B05D69

Lighter +20%#934753

Lighter +10%#70373F

Darker −10%#2C1519

Darker −20%#090505

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5D1822

Less saturated −25%#403536

Channel breakdown

R78

G38

B44

Red78 (30.6%)

Green38 (14.9%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue351°

Saturation (HSL)34.48%

Lightness22.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4E · G 26 · B 2C

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