#4E1522#4E1522

#4E1522 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.086 H 10.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1522
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 34)
HSL	hsl(346, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(346, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 56.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.85, 27.83, 6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.85, 28.49, 12.38°)
OKLab	oklab(29.42% 0.0844 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(29.42% 0.086 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.6991, 2.2720, 1.7568)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1522 #154E41

analogous

#4E153F #4E1522 #4E2515

triadic

#4E1522 #224E15 #15224E

tetradic

#4E1522 #3F4E15 #154E41 #25154E

square

#4E1522 #3F4E15 #154E41 #25154E

split-complementary

#4E1522 #154E25 #153F4E

monochromatic

#18060B #1E080D #4E1522 #7E2237 #AE2F4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.44

#4E1522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#4E1522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1522

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1522	1.00	14.44	1.45	14.44
#FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#222222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#312E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560B1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.086 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83565c',
    500: '#4e1522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1522;
$custom-light: #83565c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.316,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29415,
    "c": 0.0858,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1522

secondary

#398674

accent

#E1BE47

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0304

muted

#7C7879

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1522

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

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