#4E2121#4E2121

#4E2121 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.068 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2121
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 33)
HSL	hsl(0, 41%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(0, 58%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 57.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.30, 21.20, 10.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.30, 23.50, 25.61°)
OKLab	oklab(31.24% 0.0633 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(31.24% 0.068 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.9606, 2.8177, 1.7738)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2121 #214E4E

analogous

#4E2138 #4E2121 #4E3821

triadic

#4E2121 #214E21 #21214E

tetradic

#4E2121 #384E21 #214E4E #38214E

square

#4E2121 #384E21 #214E4E #38214E

split-complementary

#4E2121 #214E38 #21384E

monochromatic

#160909 #230F0F #4E2121 #793333 #A44545

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.43

#4E2121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#4E2121 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2121

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2121	1.00	13.43	1.56	13.43
#FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551A21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.068 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e5c',
    500: '#4e2121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2121;
$custom-light: #835e5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31242,
    "c": 0.06817,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2121

secondary

#498282

accent

#D0D057

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0404

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2121

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

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