#42222A#42222A

#42222A is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.050 H 4.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42222A
RGB	rgb(66, 34, 42)
HSL	hsl(345, 32%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(345, 48%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 36.4%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.78, 16.46, 1.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.78, 16.52, 4.95°)
OKLab	oklab(29.76% 0.0499 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(29.76% 0.05 4.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.2368, 2.4697, 2.4963)
Luminance	0.0247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42222A #22423A

analogous

#42223A #42222A #422A22

triadic

#42222A #2A4222 #222A42

tetradic

#42222A #3A4222 #22423A #2A2242

square

#42222A #3A4222 #22423A #2A2242

split-complementary

#42222A #22422A #223A42

monochromatic

#140A0D #1A0D10 #42222A #6A3744 #934C5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.06

#42222A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#42222A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42222A

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42222A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42222A	1.00	14.06	1.49	14.06
#FFFFFF	14.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27282A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#471F25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42222a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 34, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.050 4.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785e63',
    500: '#42222a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42222a;
$custom-light: #785e63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42222a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29761,
    "c": 0.05005,
    "h": 4.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42222A

secondary

#4A756B

accent

#C8AE60

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EDE9EA

border

#C8C5C6

text

#090405

muted

#7B7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #42222A

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

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