#4E221A#4E221A

#4E221A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.068 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E221A
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 26)
HSL	hsl(9, 50%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 66.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.39, 19.94, 15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.39, 24.99, 37.08°)
OKLab	oklab(31.26% 0.0582 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(31.26% 0.068 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.9007, 2.8388, 1.3196)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E221A #1A464E

analogous

#4E1A2C #4E221A #4E3C1A

triadic

#4E221A #1A4E22 #221A4E

tetradic

#4E221A #2C4E1A #1A464E #3C1A4E

square

#4E221A #2C4E1A #1A464E #3C1A4E

split-complementary

#4E221A #1A4E3C #1A2C4E

monochromatic

#170A08 #200E0B #4E221A #7C3629 #AA4A39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.40

#4E221A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4E221A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E221A

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E221A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E221A	1.00	13.40	1.57	13.40
#FFFFFF	13.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561A20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e221a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.068 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e56',
    500: '#4e221a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e221a;
$custom-light: #835e56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e221a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31262,
    "c": 0.06845,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E221A

secondary

#407A84

accent

#C4DA4E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E221A

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

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