#4E201B#4E201B

#4E201B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.071 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E201B
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.94, 21.22, 13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.94, 25.32, 33.08°)
OKLab	oklab(30.93% 0.0623 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(30.93% 0.071 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.8566, 2.7323, 1.3610)
Luminance	0.0273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E201B #1B494E

analogous

#4E1B2F #4E201B #4E391B

triadic

#4E201B #1B4E20 #201B4E

tetradic

#4E201B #2F4E1B #1B494E #391B4E

square

#4E201B #2F4E1B #1B494E #391B4E

split-complementary

#4E201B #1B4E39 #1B2F4E

monochromatic

#170908 #210D0B #4E201B #7B332B #A9453A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.58

#4E201B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#4E201B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E201B

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E201B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E201B	1.00	13.58	1.55	13.58
#FFFFFF	13.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B281A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37321A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56181F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e201b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.071 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d57',
    500: '#4e201b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e201b;
$custom-light: #835d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e201b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.882,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30928,
    "c": 0.0707,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E201B

secondary

#417D84

accent

#CBD850

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E201B

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

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