All About Color #4B231B

#4B231B

About #4B231B

#4B231B is a dark red color with the hex code #4B231B. In RGB it is red 75, green 35, blue 27; in HSL it is hue 10°, saturation 47%, lightness 20%; in CMYK it is 0%, 53%, 64%, 71%. Its contrast ratio is 13.50:1 on white and 1.56:1 on black.

#4B231B Color Conversion

Hex triplet4B, 23, 1B
CMYK0.00%, 53.33%, 64.00%, 70.59%
RGB Decimal75, 35, 27
HSL10°, 47%, 20%
RGB Octal113, 43, 33
HSV (HSB)10.00°, 64.00%, 29.41%
RGB Binary1001011, 100011, 11011
CIE-L*AB19.13, 18.05, 13.96
RGB Percent29.41%, 13.73%, 10.59%
CIE-L*CH19.13, 22.82, 37.72
XYZ3.70, 2.78, 1.38
CIE-L*UV19.13, 25.18, 9.13
xyY0.47, 0.35, 2.78
Hunter-Lab16.66, 10.47, 6.76
RYB29.41%, 14.35%, 10.59%

Color Accessibility Scores

#4B231B on a dark background: contrast 1.56:1, fails WCAG AA.
#4B231B on a light background: contrast 13.50:1, passes WCAG AAA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #4B231B, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#4B231B · #8E4333 · #130907 · #1B434B · #337F8E

Analogous palette

#4B1B43 · #4B1B2B · #4B231B · #4B3B1B · #434B1B

Triadic palette

#4B231B · #1B4B23 · #231B4B · #8E4333 · #338E43

Tetradic palette

#4B231B · #2B4B1B · #1B434B · #3B1B4B · #130907

Monochromatic palette

#130907 · #130907 · #4B231B · #833D2F · #BB5844

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