#4E221E#4E221E

#4E221E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.067 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E221E
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 30)
HSL	hsl(5, 44%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(5, 62%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 61.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.47, 20.30, 12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.47, 23.81, 31.52°)
OKLab	oklab(31.35% 0.06 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(31.35% 0.067 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9486, 2.8579, 1.5717)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E221E #1E4A4E

analogous

#4E1E32 #4E221E #4E3A1E

triadic

#4E221E #1E4E22 #221E4E

tetradic

#4E221E #324E1E #1E4A4E #3A1E4E

square

#4E221E #324E1E #1E4A4E #3A1E4E

split-complementary

#4E221E #1E4E3A #1E324E

monochromatic

#160A09 #220F0D #4E221E #7A352F #A64940

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.36

#4E221E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4E221E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E221E

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E221E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E221E	1.00	13.36	1.57	13.36
#FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D291D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37331D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561B21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e221e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.067 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e59',
    500: '#4e221e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e221e;
$custom-light: #835e59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e221e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31348,
    "c": 0.06732,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E221E

secondary

#457E83

accent

#C9D454

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E221E

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