#4E221D#4E221D

#4E221D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.068 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E221D
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 29)
HSL	hsl(6, 46%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(6, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 62.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.44, 20.21, 13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.44, 24.09, 32.97°)
OKLab	oklab(31.32% 0.0596 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(31.32% 0.068 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.9360, 2.8529, 1.5055)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E221D #1D494E

analogous

#4E1D30 #4E221D #4E3A1D

triadic

#4E221D #1D4E22 #221D4E

tetradic

#4E221D #304E1D #1D494E #3A1D4E

square

#4E221D #304E1D #1D494E #3A1D4E

split-complementary

#4E221D #1D4E3A #1D304E

monochromatic

#160A08 #210F0C #4E221D #7B352E #A7493E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.37

#4E221D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4E221D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E221D

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E221D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E221D	1.00	13.37	1.57	13.37
#FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D291C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38331C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561B21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e221d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.068 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e59',
    500: '#4e221d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e221d;
$custom-light: #835e59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e221d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.122,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31325,
    "c": 0.06756,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E221D

secondary

#447D83

accent

#C8D552

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E221D

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

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