#4E221F#4E221F

#4E221F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.067 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E221F
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 31)
HSL	hsl(4, 43%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(4, 60%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 60.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.49, 20.40, 11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.49, 23.56, 30.03°)
OKLab	oklab(31.37% 0.0605 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(31.37% 0.067 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.9615, 2.8631, 1.6401)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E221F #1F4B4E

analogous

#4E1F34 #4E221F #4E3A1F

triadic

#4E221F #1F4E22 #221F4E

tetradic

#4E221F #344E1F #1F4B4E #3A1F4E

square

#4E221F #344E1F #1F4B4E #3A1F4E

split-complementary

#4E221F #1F4E3A #1F344E

monochromatic

#160A09 #220F0E #4E221F #7A3530 #A64842

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.35

#4E221F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4E221F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E221F

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E221F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E221F	1.00	13.35	1.57	13.35
#FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C291F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37331E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561B21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e221f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.067 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e5a',
    500: '#4e221f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e221f;
$custom-light: #835e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e221f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.83,
    "s": 43.119,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31371,
    "c": 0.0671,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E221F

secondary

#467F83

accent

#CBD355

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0403

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E221F

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