#4E1221#4E1221

#4E1221 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.090 H 10.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1221
RGB	rgb(78, 18, 33)
HSL	hsl(345, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(345, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 57.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.32, 29.12, 6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.32, 29.75, 11.80°)
OKLab	oklab(29.01% 0.0884 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(29.01% 0.09 10)
XYZ	xyz(3.6330, 2.1626, 1.6647)
Luminance	0.0216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1221 #124E3F

analogous

#4E123F #4E1221 #4E2112

triadic

#4E1221 #214E12 #12214E

tetradic

#4E1221 #3F4E12 #124E3F #21124E

square

#4E1221 #3F4E12 #124E3F #21124E

split-complementary

#4E1221 #124E21 #123F4E

monochromatic

#19060B #1C070C #4E1221 #801D36 #B1294B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.66

#4E1221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#4E1221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1221

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1221	1.00	14.66	1.43	14.66
#FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#212121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302D20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560618

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 18, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.090 10.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84555b',
    500: '#4e1221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1221;
$custom-light: #84555b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29008,
    "c": 0.08972,
    "h": 10
  },
  "luminance": 0.02162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1221

secondary

#358772

accent

#E6BD42

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0B0304

muted

#7C7879

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1221

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

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