#4C221E#4C221E

#4C221E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.065 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C221E
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 30)
HSL	hsl(5, 43%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(5, 61%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 60.5%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.12, 19.41, 11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.12, 22.78, 31.58°)
OKLab	oklab(31.01% 0.0575 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(31.01% 0.065 27)
XYZ	xyz(3.7872, 2.7747, 1.5642)
Luminance	0.0277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C221E #1E484C

analogous

#4C1E31 #4C221E #4C391E

triadic

#4C221E #1E4C22 #221E4C

tetradic

#4C221E #314C1E #1E484C #391E4C

square

#4C221E #314C1E #1E484C #391E4C

split-complementary

#4C221E #1E4C39 #1E314C

monochromatic

#160A09 #200E0D #4C221E #78362F #A44941

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.51

#4C221E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#4C221E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C221E

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C221E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C221E	1.00	13.51	1.55	13.51
#FFFFFF	13.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C291D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36321D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#531B21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c221e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.065 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815e59',
    500: '#4c221e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c221e;
$custom-light: #815e59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c221e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.217,
    "s": 43.396,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31013,
    "c": 0.06451,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.02774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C221E

secondary

#457C81

accent

#C8D355

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C221E

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

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