#4E1822#4E1822

#4E1822 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.081 H 12.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1822
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 34)
HSL	hsl(349, 53%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(349, 69%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 56.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.41, 26.33, 6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.41, 27.21, 14.64°)
OKLab	oklab(29.83% 0.0796 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(29.83% 0.081 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.7576, 2.3889, 1.7763)
Luminance	0.0239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1822 #184E44

analogous

#4E183D #4E1822 #4E2918

triadic

#4E1822 #224E18 #18224E

tetradic

#4E1822 #3D4E18 #184E44 #29184E

square

#4E1822 #3D4E18 #184E44 #29184E

split-complementary

#4E1822 #184E29 #183D4E

monochromatic

#17070A #1F0A0E #4E1822 #7D2636 #AC354B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.21

#4E1822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#4E1822 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1822

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1822	1.00	14.21	1.48	14.21
#FFFFFF	14.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#560F1C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.081 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83585c',
    500: '#4e1822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1822;
$custom-light: #83585c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.889,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29829,
    "c": 0.08149,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1822

secondary

#3D8578

accent

#DCC24B

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0304

muted

#7C7879

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1822

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

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