#4E2215#4E2215

#4E2215 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.070 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2215
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 21)
HSL	hsl(14, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 73.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.30, 19.55, 18.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.30, 26.77, 43.09°)
OKLab	oklab(31.17% 0.056 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(31.17% 0.07 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.8496, 2.8184, 1.0506)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2215 #15414E

analogous

#4E1525 #4E2215 #4E3F15

triadic

#4E2215 #154E22 #22154E

tetradic

#4E2215 #254E15 #15414E #3F154E

square

#4E2215 #254E15 #15414E #3F154E

split-complementary

#4E2215 #154E3F #15254E

monochromatic

#180B06 #1E0D08 #4E2215 #7E3722 #AE4C2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.43

#4E2215 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#4E2215 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2215

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2215	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2215	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)

#2E2914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383214

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56191F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2215;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.070 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e52',
    500: '#4e2215',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2215;
$custom-light: #845e52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2215",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.684,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31169,
    "c": 0.07028,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2215

secondary

#397486

accent

#BEE147

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0B0402

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2215

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

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