#4E211B#4E211B

#4E211B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.069 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E211B
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 27)
HSL	hsl(7, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(7, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.17, 20.62, 14.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.17, 24.99, 34.39°)
OKLab	oklab(31.1% 0.0605 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(31.1% 0.069 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.8839, 2.7870, 1.3701)
Luminance	0.0279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E211B #1B484E

analogous

#4E1B2E #4E211B #4E3A1B

triadic

#4E211B #1B4E21 #211B4E

tetradic

#4E211B #2E4E1B #1B484E #3A1B4E

square

#4E211B #2E4E1B #1B484E #3A1B4E

split-complementary

#4E211B #1B4E3A #1B2E4E

monochromatic

#170A08 #210E0B #4E211B #7B342B #A9473A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.48

#4E211B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#4E211B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E211B

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E211B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E211B	1.00	13.48	1.56	13.48
#FFFFFF	13.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C291A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37321A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561920

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e211b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.069 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d57',
    500: '#4e211b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e211b;
$custom-light: #835d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e211b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.059,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31103,
    "c": 0.06941,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E211B

secondary

#417C84

accent

#C8D850

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E211B

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

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