#4E221B#4E221B

#4E221B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.068 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E221B
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(8, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.41, 20.03, 14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.41, 24.68, 35.75°)
OKLab	oklab(31.28% 0.0586 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(31.28% 0.068 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.9121, 2.8433, 1.3795)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E221B #1B474E

analogous

#4E1B2D #4E221B #4E3B1B

triadic

#4E221B #1B4E22 #221B4E

tetradic

#4E221B #2D4E1B #1B474E #3B1B4E

square

#4E221B #2D4E1B #1B474E #3B1B4E

split-complementary

#4E221B #1B4E3B #1B2D4E

monochromatic

#170A08 #210E0B #4E221B #7B362B #A94A3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.39

#4E221B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4E221B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E221B

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E221B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E221B	1.00	13.39	1.57	13.39
#FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D291A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38331A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561A20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e221b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.068 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e57',
    500: '#4e221b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e221b;
$custom-light: #835e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e221b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.235,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31282,
    "c": 0.06813,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E221B

secondary

#417B84

accent

#C5D850

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E221B

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

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