#4E2228#4E2228

#4E2228 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.066 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2228
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 40)
HSL	hsl(352, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(352, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 48.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.71, 21.39, 5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.71, 22.18, 15.29°)
OKLab	oklab(31.61% 0.0647 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(31.61% 0.066 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.0972, 2.9174, 2.3544)
Luminance	0.0292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2228 #224E48

analogous

#4E223E #4E2228 #4E3222

triadic

#4E2228 #284E22 #22284E

tetradic

#4E2228 #3E4E22 #224E48 #32224E

square

#4E2228 #3E4E22 #224E48 #32224E

split-complementary

#4E2228 #224E32 #223E4E

monochromatic

#15090B #230F12 #4E2228 #79353E #A34754

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.26

#4E2228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4E2228 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2228

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2228	1.00	13.26	1.58	13.26
#FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551D24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.066 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825e61',
    500: '#4e2228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2228;
$custom-light: #825e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.818,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31612,
    "c": 0.06647,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2228

secondary

#4A827A

accent

#CFBF59

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0405

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2228

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

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