#4E1B22#4E1B22

#4E1B22 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.077 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B22
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 34)
HSL	hsl(352, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(352, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 56.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.01, 24.73, 7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.01, 25.90, 17.30°)
OKLab	oklab(30.28% 0.0745 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(30.28% 0.077 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.8229, 2.5195, 1.7981)
Luminance	0.0252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B22 #1B4E47

analogous

#4E1B3B #4E1B22 #4E2D1B

triadic

#4E1B22 #224E1B #1B224E

tetradic

#4E1B22 #3B4E1B #1B4E47 #2D1B4E

square

#4E1B22 #3B4E1B #1B4E47 #2D1B4E

split-complementary

#4E1B22 #1B4E2D #1B3B4E

monochromatic

#17080A #210B0E #4E1B22 #7B2B36 #A93A4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.96

#4E1B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#4E1B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B22

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B22	1.00	13.96	1.50	13.96
#FFFFFF	13.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#343021

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56131E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.077 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835a5c',
    500: '#4e1b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b22;
$custom-light: #835a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.765,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30277,
    "c": 0.07704,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B22

secondary

#41847B

accent

#D8C550

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0404

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B22

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

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