Recognised as Colour

#4F2522

#4F2522
Red
Dark
Nearest: Black

#4F2522 is a red with RGB values 79, 37, 34 and HSL 4°, 40%, 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

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HEX#4F2522

RGBrgb(79, 37, 34)

RGB (0–1)0.3098, 0.1451, 0.1333

RGB percentages31%, 14.5%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(4, 39.8%, 22.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(4, 57%, 31%)

CMYK0%, 53.2%, 57%, 69%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,186,850

CSS custom property--colour: #4F2522;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03101WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness52.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.96:1

Contrast with white12.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#2E2E2E

Inverted#B0DADD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2F2C22no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#393521no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Tritanopia#561F24no 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 text12.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 30.2 Dim grey · ΔE 32.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.2 Sienna · ΔE 35.4 Dark slate grey · ΔE 36 Maroon · ΔE 39.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 30.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#224C4F

Analogous#4F2236, #4F3C22

Triadic#224F25, #25224F

Split complementary#224F3C, #22354F

Tetradic#354F22, #224C4F, #3B224F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C57D78

Lighter +30%#B65B54

Lighter +20%#964641

Lighter +10%#733631

Darker −10%#2B1413

Darker −20%#080403

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#5D1914

Less saturated −25%#413130

Channel breakdown

R79

G37

B34

Red79 (31%)

Green37 (14.5%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue4°

Saturation (HSL)39.82%

Lightness22.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 4F · G 25 · B 22

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