#4E212A#4E212A

#4E212A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.068 H 9.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E212A
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 42)
HSL	hsl(348, 41%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(348, 58%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 46.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.54, 22.24, 4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.54, 22.63, 10.71°)
OKLab	oklab(31.5% 0.0675 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(31.5% 0.068 9.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.1039, 2.8750, 2.5288)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E212A #214E45

analogous

#4E2141 #4E212A #4E2F21

triadic

#4E212A #2A4E21 #212A4E

tetradic

#4E212A #414E21 #214E45 #2F214E

square

#4E212A #414E21 #214E45 #2F214E

split-complementary

#4E212A #214E2F #21414E

monochromatic

#16090C #230F13 #4E212A #793341 #A44558

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.33

#4E212A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E212A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E212A

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E212A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E212A	1.00	13.33	1.58	13.33
#FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551C24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e212a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.068 9.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825e63',
    500: '#4e212a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e212a;
$custom-light: #825e63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e212a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.315,
    "c": 0.06839,
    "h": 9.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E212A

secondary

#498277

accent

#D0B857

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9EA

border

#CAC5C6

text

#0B0405

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E212A

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

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