#4E221C#4E221C

#4E221C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.068 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E221C
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 28)
HSL	hsl(7, 47%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(7, 64%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 64.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.42, 20.11, 13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.42, 24.37, 34.38°)
OKLab	oklab(31.3% 0.0591 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(31.3% 0.068 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9238, 2.8480, 1.4415)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E221C #1C484E

analogous

#4E1C2F #4E221C #4E3B1C

triadic

#4E221C #1C4E22 #221C4E

tetradic

#4E221C #2F4E1C #1C484E #3B1C4E

square

#4E221C #2F4E1C #1C484E #3B1C4E

split-complementary

#4E221C #1C4E3B #1C2F4E

monochromatic

#170A08 #210E0C #4E221C #7B362C #A8493C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.38

#4E221C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4E221C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E221C

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E221C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E221C	1.00	13.38	1.57	13.38
#FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D291B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38331B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561A21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e221c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.068 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e58',
    500: '#4e221c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e221c;
$custom-light: #835e58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e221c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.2,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31303,
    "c": 0.06785,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E221C

secondary

#427C84

accent

#C7D751

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E221C

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