#4E2020#4E2020

#4E2020 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.070 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2020
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 32)
HSL	hsl(0, 42%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(0, 59%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 59%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.05, 21.68, 10.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.05, 24.10, 25.87°)
OKLab	oklab(31.04% 0.0647 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(31.04% 0.07 22)
XYZ	xyz(3.9194, 2.7575, 1.6921)
Luminance	0.0276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2020 #204E4E

analogous

#4E2037 #4E2020 #4E3720

triadic

#4E2020 #204E20 #20204E

tetradic

#4E2020 #374E20 #204E4E #37204E

square

#4E2020 #374E20 #204E4E #37204E

split-complementary

#4E2020 #204E37 #20374E

monochromatic

#160909 #230E0E #4E2020 #793232 #A54444

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.54

#4E2020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#4E2020 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2020

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2020	1.00	13.54	1.55	13.54
#FFFFFF	13.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36321F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561920

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.070 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d5b',
    500: '#4e2020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2020;
$custom-light: #835d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31043,
    "c": 0.06974,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.02757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2020

secondary

#478282

accent

#D2D256

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0404

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2020

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

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