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#4E3030

#4e3030 ≈ Caput Mortuum

  • red
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#4e3030 is a color from the red family, with low lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 18.82% green and 18.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 38.46% magenta, 38.46% yellow and 69.41% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 23.81% saturation and 24.71% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and corporate identities. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caput Mortuum (#592720), ΔE 7.38.

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Relative luminance0.0395

Complementary

  1. #4e3030
  2. #304e4e

Split complementary

  1. #4e3030
  2. #304e3f
  3. #303f4e

Analogous

  1. #4e303f
  2. #4e3030
  3. #4e3f30

Triadic

  1. #4e3030
  2. #304e30
  3. #30304e

Tetradic

  1. #4e3030
  2. #4e4e30
  3. #304e4e
  4. #30304e

Square

  1. #4e3030
  2. #3f4e30
  3. #304e4e
  4. #3f304e

Monochromatic

  1. #0d0808
  2. #1f1313
  3. #4e3030
  4. #7d4d4d
  5. #a77070

Shades

#4e3030 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e3030
  2. #462b2b
  3. #3e2626
  4. #372222
  5. #2f1d1d
  6. #271818
  7. #1f1313
  8. #170e0e
  9. #100a0a
  10. #080505
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e3030 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e3030
  2. #604545
  3. #715959
  4. #836e6e
  5. #958383
  6. #a79898
  7. #b8acac
  8. #cac1c1
  9. #dcd6d6
  10. #edeaea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e3030 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e3030
  2. #533838
  3. #584040
  4. #5d4848
  5. #625050
  6. #675858
  7. #6c6060
  8. #716868
  9. #767070
  10. #7b7878
  11. #808080

Readable text 11.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #383838 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #423535 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #363430 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3d3a30 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #542d30 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #413330 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #443630 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #522e30 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e3030 {
  color: #4e3030;
}
Background
.bg-4e3030 {
  background-color: #4e3030;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e3030 {
  border: 2px solid #4e3030;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e3030;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 48 48;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 24% 25%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e3030 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e3030, #4e3f30);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e3030 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 48 48 / 0.35);
}

#592720 Caput Mortuum ΔE 7.38 #674c47 Liver ΔE 9.39 #3d2b1f Bistre ΔE 9.47 #614051 Eggplant ΔE 9.59 #722f37 Wine ΔE 10.04 #483c32 Taupe ΔE 11.23 #7c4848 Tuscan Red ΔE 11.66 #b1cfcf Inverted #383838 Grayscale 

Caput Mortuum
#4e3030  rgb(78, 48, 48)  hsl(0, 24%, 25%)  Caput Mortuum
#304e4e  rgb(48, 78, 78)  hsl(180, 24%, 25%)  Dark Slate Gray
#304e30  rgb(48, 78, 48)  hsl(120, 24%, 25%)  Hunter Green
#30304e  rgb(48, 48, 78)  hsl(240, 24%, 25%)  Oxford Blue