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Recognised as Colour

#4F232E

  • #4F232E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#4F232E is a red with RGB values 79, 35, 46 and HSL 345°, 39%, 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

#4F232E#4F232E
HEX#4F232E
RGBrgb(79, 35, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.1373, 0.1804
RGB percentages31%, 13.7%, 18%
HSLhsl(345, 38.6%, 22.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(345, 55.7%, 31%)
CMYK0%, 55.7%, 41.8%, 69%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,186,350
CSS custom property--colour: #4F232E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03062WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness53.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.02:1
Contrast with white13.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#B0DCD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#2B2C2Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#36342Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Tritanopia#561F27no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.02:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 30Dim grey · ΔE 32.7Dark slate grey · ΔE 36Gray · ΔE 40Sienna · ΔE 41.3Saddle brown · ΔE 42.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 30.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#234F44
Analogous#4F2344, #4F2E23
Triadic#2E4F23, #232E4F
Split complementary#234F2E, #23444F
Tetradic#444F23, #234F44, #2E234F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C47A8C
Lighter +30%#B4576E
Lighter +20%#964257
Lighter +10%#723343
Darker −10%#2C1319
Darker −20%#080405
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#5D1527
Less saturated −25%#413135

Channel breakdown

R79
G35
B46
Red79 (31%)
Green35 (13.7%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue345°
Saturation (HSL)38.6%
Lightness22.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 4F · G 23 · B 2E

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