#4C1933

sRGB: 76 / 25 / 51

Silver raindrops pierce eternal darkness
Fragile reflections cascade across forgotten valleys
Fleeting moments linger beyond yesterday

#4C1933 belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 76 red, 25 green and 51 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 329.4° lands in the rose region. Its 50.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 19.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (14.05:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 76, 25, 51
HSL: 329.41°, 50.50%, 19.80%
HSV / HSB: 329.41°, 67.11%, 29.80%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 67.11%, 32.89%, 70.20%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 3.926, 2.471, 3.402
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 17.787, 27.199, -4.736
WCAG relative luminance: 0.02471
24-bit decimal: 4987187

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #4C1933 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 1.49:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text: 14.05:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#194C32 sits half a turn (180°) from #4C1933 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#4C1933 #194C32

Analogous

#4B194C and #4C191A sit 30° to either side of #4C1933. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#4B194C #4C1933 #4C191A

Triadic

#4C1933, #334C19 and #19334C are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#4C1933 #334C19 #19334C

Split complementary

Start at #4C1933 and look across the wheel. #1A4C19 and #194C4B sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#4C1933 #1A4C19 #194C4B

Square

Starting with #4C1933, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #4C4B19, #194C32, then #191A4C. Across the square, #4C1933 pairs with #194C32, and #4C4B19 with #191A4C.

#4C1933 #4C4B19 #194C32 #191A4C

Tetradic

#4C1933 and #194C32 are opposites, as are #4C3219 and #19334C. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#4C1933 #4C3219 #194C32 #19334C

Tints

Mixing #4C1933 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #70475C, keeps 80% of the original. By #DBD1D6, the mixture is 80% white.

#4C1933 #70475C #947585 #B7A3AD #DBD1D6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #4C1933 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #3D1429, keeps 80% of the original. By #0F050A, the mixture is 80% black.

#4C1933 #3D1429 #2E0F1F #1E0A14 #0F050A #000000

Tones

Mixing #4C1933 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #562E42, keeps 80% of the original. By #766B71, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#4C1933 #562E42 #614252 #6B5761 #766B71 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#4C1933

RGB

rgb(76 25 51)

HSL

hsl(329.412 50.495% 19.804%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #4C1933;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#4C1933 uses 76 red, 25 green and 51 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 29.8%

Green 9.8%

Blue 20.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #4C1933 is 0.0% cyan, 67.1% magenta, 32.9% yellow and 70.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 67.1%

Yellow 32.9%

Black 70.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #441133. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #413 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #4C1933 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #330033, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #441133 Nearest web-safe: #330033

Gradient to complement

#4C1933 #442233 #3B2A33 #333333 #2A3B32 #224432 #194C32

Color vision previews

Compare how #4C1933 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#202634

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#2E2F32

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#521623

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#352333

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#392932

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#4C1A2E

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#2C2C2C

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#3E232F

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.07227 G 0.00972 B 0.03310

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.27433 G 0.11089 B 0.19668

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.06117 G 0.01180 B 0.03208

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.401 y 0.252 Y 2.471

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 70.196 M % 90.196 Y % 80.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01001100 00011001 00110011