#4E201C#4E201C

#4E201C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.070 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E201C
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 28)
HSL	hsl(5, 47%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 64.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.96, 21.31, 13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.96, 25.04, 31.71°)
OKLab	oklab(30.95% 0.0628 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(30.95% 0.07 27)
XYZ	xyz(3.8683, 2.7370, 1.4230)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E201C #1C4A4E

analogous

#4E1C31 #4E201C #4E391C

triadic

#4E201C #1C4E20 #201C4E

tetradic

#4E201C #314E1C #1C4A4E #391C4E

square

#4E201C #314E1C #1C4A4E #391C4E

split-complementary

#4E201C #1C4E39 #1C314E

monochromatic

#170908 #210E0C #4E201C #7B322C #A8453C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.57

#4E201C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#4E201C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E201C

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E201C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E201C	1.00	13.57	1.55	13.57
#FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B281B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37321B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56181F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e201c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.070 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d58',
    500: '#4e201c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e201c;
$custom-light: #835d58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e201c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.8,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30949,
    "c": 0.07047,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.02737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E201C

secondary

#427E84

accent

#CCD751

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E201C

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

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