#4E2122#4E2122

#4E2122 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.068 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2122
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 34)
HSL	hsl(359, 41%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(359, 58%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 56.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.32, 21.30, 9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.32, 23.32, 24.03°)
OKLab	oklab(31.27% 0.0638 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(31.27% 0.068 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9748, 2.8234, 1.8487)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2122 #214E4D

analogous

#4E2139 #4E2122 #4E3721

triadic

#4E2122 #224E21 #21224E

tetradic

#4E2122 #394E21 #214E4D #37214E

square

#4E2122 #394E21 #214E4D #37214E

split-complementary

#4E2122 #214E37 #21394E

monochromatic

#160909 #230F0F #4E2122 #793335 #A44547

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.42

#4E2122 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#4E2122 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2122

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2122	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2122	1.00	13.42	1.56	13.42
#FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551A22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2122;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.068 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e5c',
    500: '#4e2122',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2122;
$custom-light: #835e5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2122",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.667,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31268,
    "c": 0.06806,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2122

secondary

#498281

accent

#D0CE57

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0404

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2122

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

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