#4E2226#4E2226

#4E2226 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.066 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2226
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 38)
HSL	hsl(355, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(355, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 51.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.66, 21.15, 7.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.66, 22.33, 18.72°)
OKLab	oklab(31.55% 0.0638 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(31.55% 0.066 16)
XYZ	xyz(4.0640, 2.9041, 2.1799)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2226 #224E4A

analogous

#4E223C #4E2226 #4E3422

triadic

#4E2226 #264E22 #22264E

tetradic

#4E2226 #3C4E22 #224E4A #34224E

square

#4E2226 #3C4E22 #224E4A #34224E

split-complementary

#4E2226 #224E34 #223C4E

monochromatic

#15090A #230F11 #4E2226 #79353B #A34750

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.28

#4E2226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E2226 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2226

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2226	1.00	13.28	1.58	13.28
#FFFFFF	13.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551C24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.066 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825e60',
    500: '#4e2226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2226;
$custom-light: #825e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31554,
    "c": 0.06637,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.02904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2226

secondary

#4A827D

accent

#CFC459

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0404

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2226

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

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