#4E2227#4E2227

#4E2227 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.066 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2227
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 39)
HSL	hsl(353, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(353, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 50%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.68, 21.27, 6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.68, 22.24, 17.01°)
OKLab	oklab(31.58% 0.0643 0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(31.58% 0.066 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.0804, 2.9107, 2.2660)
Luminance	0.0291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2227 #224E49

analogous

#4E223D #4E2227 #4E3322

triadic

#4E2227 #274E22 #22274E

tetradic

#4E2227 #3D4E22 #224E49 #33224E

square

#4E2227 #3D4E22 #224E49 #33224E

split-complementary

#4E2227 #224E33 #223D4E

monochromatic

#15090B #230F12 #4E2227 #79353C #A34752

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.27

#4E2227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E2227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2227

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2227	1.00	13.27	1.58	13.27
#FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551C24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.066 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825e60',
    500: '#4e2227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2227;
$custom-light: #825e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.182,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31583,
    "c": 0.06639,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2227

secondary

#4A827C

accent

#CFC259

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0405

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2227

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

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