#4E212B#4E212B

#4E212B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.069 H 7.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E212B
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 43)
HSL	hsl(347, 41%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(347, 58%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 44.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.57, 22.37, 3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.57, 22.65, 9.02°)
OKLab	oklab(31.53% 0.0679 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(31.53% 0.069 7.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.1220, 2.8823, 2.6243)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E212B #214E44

analogous

#4E2142 #4E212B #4E2E21

triadic

#4E212B #2B4E21 #212B4E

tetradic

#4E212B #424E21 #214E44 #2E214E

square

#4E212B #424E21 #214E44 #2E214E

split-complementary

#4E212B #214E2E #21424E

monochromatic

#16090C #230F13 #4E212B #793343 #A4455A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.32

#4E212B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E212B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E212B

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E212B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E212B	1.00	13.32	1.58	13.32
#FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35332A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551C25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e212b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.069 7.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825e64',
    500: '#4e212b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e212b;
$custom-light: #825e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e212b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31532,
    "c": 0.06858,
    "h": 7.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E212B

secondary

#498275

accent

#D0B657

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9EA

border

#CAC5C6

text

#0B0405

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E212B

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

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