#4E2220#4E2220

#4E2220 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.067 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2220
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 32)
HSL	hsl(3, 42%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(3, 59%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 59%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.51, 20.50, 11.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.51, 23.32, 28.51°)
OKLab	oklab(31.4% 0.061 0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(31.4% 0.067 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.9749, 2.8685, 1.7106)
Luminance	0.0287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2220 #204C4E

analogous

#4E2035 #4E2220 #4E3920

triadic

#4E2220 #204E22 #22204E

tetradic

#4E2220 #354E20 #204C4E #39204E

square

#4E2220 #354E20 #204C4E #39204E

split-complementary

#4E2220 #204E39 #20354E

monochromatic

#160909 #230F0E #4E2220 #793532 #A54844

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.35

#4E2220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#4E2220 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2220

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2220	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)

#2C2A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37331F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551B22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.067 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e5b',
    500: '#4e2220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2220;
$custom-light: #835e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.609,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31395,
    "c": 0.0669,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2220

secondary

#478082

accent

#CCD256

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0404

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2220

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

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