#4E201A#4E201A

#4E201A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.071 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E201A
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 26)
HSL	hsl(7, 50%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 66.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.92, 21.13, 14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.92, 25.62, 34.42°)
OKLab	oklab(30.91% 0.0619 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(30.91% 0.071 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.8452, 2.7278, 1.3011)
Luminance	0.0273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E201A #1A484E

analogous

#4E1A2E #4E201A #4E3A1A

triadic

#4E201A #1A4E20 #201A4E

tetradic

#4E201A #2E4E1A #1A484E #3A1A4E

square

#4E201A #2E4E1A #1A484E #3A1A4E

split-complementary

#4E201A #1A4E3A #1A2E4E

monochromatic

#170908 #200D0B #4E201A #7C3329 #AA4639

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.59

#4E201A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#4E201A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E201A

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E201A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E201A	1.00	13.59	1.55	13.59
#FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56181F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e201a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.071 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d56',
    500: '#4e201a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e201a;
$custom-light: #835d56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e201a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.923,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30907,
    "c": 0.07097,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E201A

secondary

#407C84

accent

#C9DA4E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E201A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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