#4E2225#4E2225

#4E2225 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.066 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2225
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 37)
HSL	hsl(356, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(356, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 52.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.63, 21.04, 7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.63, 22.45, 20.42°)
OKLab	oklab(31.53% 0.0633 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(31.53% 0.066 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.0481, 2.8978, 2.0960)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2225 #224E4B

analogous

#4E223B #4E2225 #4E3522

triadic

#4E2225 #254E22 #22254E

tetradic

#4E2225 #3B4E22 #224E4B #35224E

square

#4E2225 #3B4E22 #224E4B #35224E

split-complementary

#4E2225 #224E35 #223B4E

monochromatic

#15090A #230F11 #4E2225 #793539 #A3474D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.30

#4E2225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E2225 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2225

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2225	1.00	13.30	1.58	13.30
#FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363324

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551C23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.066 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825e5f',
    500: '#4e2225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2225;
$custom-light: #825e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.909,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31525,
    "c": 0.06637,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2225

secondary

#4A827E

accent

#CFC759

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0404

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2225

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

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