#4E2222#4E2222

#4E2222 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.067 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2222
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 34)
HSL	hsl(0, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(0, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 56.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.56, 20.70, 9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.56, 22.91, 25.36°)
OKLab	oklab(31.45% 0.0619 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(31.45% 0.067 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.0029, 2.8797, 1.8581)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2222 #224E4E

analogous

#4E2238 #4E2222 #4E3822

triadic

#4E2222 #224E22 #22224E

tetradic

#4E2222 #384E22 #224E4E #38224E

square

#4E2222 #384E22 #224E4E #38224E

split-complementary

#4E2222 #224E38 #22384E

monochromatic

#150909 #230F0F #4E2222 #793535 #A34747

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.33

#4E2222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E2222 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2222

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2222	1.00	13.33	1.58	13.33
#FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551B22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.067 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825e5c',
    500: '#4e2222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2222;
$custom-light: #825e5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31445,
    "c": 0.0666,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2222

secondary

#4A8282

accent

#CFCF59

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0404

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2222

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

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