#4d0000

Color #4d0000

A vivid, highly saturated very dark red.

Closest named color Maroon #800000 · ΔE 25.87 Nearest Tailwind class red-950 #460809 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4d0000

RGB

rgb(77, 0, 0)

HSL

hsl(0, 100%, 15.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 100%, 30.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 100%, 100%, 69.8%)

LAB

lab(13.1, 33.66, 20.53)

LCH

lch(13.1, 39.43, 31.38)

OKLCH

oklch(26.4%, 0.1083, 29.24)

HWB

hwb(0, 0%, 69.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#004d4d

Analogous

#4d0027

#4d0000

#4d2700

Triadic

#4d0000

#004d00

#00004d

Split-complementary

#4d0000

#004d27

#00274d

Tetradic

#4d0000

#4d4d00

#004d4d

#00004d

Square

#4d0000

#274d00

#004d4d

#27004d

Shades

Color #4d0000 mixed toward black.

#400000

#330000

#270000

#1a0000

#0d0000

Tints

Color #4d0000 mixed toward white.

#950000

#dd0000

#ff2727

#ff6f6f

#ffb7b7

Tones

Color #4d0000 mixed toward gray.

#470606

#400d0d

#3a1313

#331a1a

#2d2020

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

15.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.32:1

White text reads better on this background (15.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3a3900 · ΔE 32.7

Deuteranopia

#3d4000 · ΔE 35.4

Tritanopia

#4b0000 · ΔE 0.5

Achromatopsia

#222222 · ΔE 23.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #4d0000;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4d0000]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#4d0000 (#4d0000) is rgb(77, 0, 0) in RGB.

No, #4d0000 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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