#4E2223#4E2223

#4E2223 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.066 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2223
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 35)
HSL	hsl(359, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(359, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 55.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.58, 20.81, 9.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.58, 22.74, 23.73°)
OKLab	oklab(31.47% 0.0624 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(31.47% 0.066 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.0176, 2.8855, 1.9352)
Luminance	0.0289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2223 #224E4D

analogous

#4E2239 #4E2223 #4E3722

triadic

#4E2223 #234E22 #22234E

tetradic

#4E2223 #394E22 #224E4D #37224E

square

#4E2223 #394E22 #224E4D #37224E

split-complementary

#4E2223 #224E37 #22394E

monochromatic

#15090A #230F10 #4E2223 #793536 #A34749

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.32

#4E2223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E2223 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2223

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2223	1.00	13.32	1.58	13.32
#FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551C23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.066 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825e5d',
    500: '#4e2223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2223;
$custom-light: #825e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.636,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31471,
    "c": 0.06649,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2223

secondary

#4A8281

accent

#CFCC59

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0404

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2223

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

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