#4D221B#4D221B

#4D221B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.067 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D221B
RGB	rgb(77, 34, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 48%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(8, 65%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 64.9%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.23, 19.57, 14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.23, 24.16, 35.88°)
OKLab	oklab(31.11% 0.0574 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(31.11% 0.067 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.8307, 2.8014, 1.3757)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D221B #1B464D

analogous

#4D1B2D #4D221B #4D3B1B

triadic

#4D221B #1B4D22 #221B4D

tetradic

#4D221B #2D4D1B #1B464D #3B1B4D

square

#4D221B #2D4D1B #1B464D #3B1B4D

split-complementary

#4D221B #1B4D3B #1B2D4D

monochromatic

#170A08 #200E0B #4D221B #7A362B #A84A3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.46

#4D221B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#4D221B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D221B

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D221B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D221B	1.00	13.46	1.56	13.46
#FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D291A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37321A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551B20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d221b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 34, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.067 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825e57',
    500: '#4d221b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d221b;
$custom-light: #825e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d221b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.4,
    "s": 48.077,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31114,
    "c": 0.06675,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D221B

secondary

#417A83

accent

#C5D850

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D221B

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

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