#4E222A#4E222A

#4E222A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.067 H 10.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E222A
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 42)
HSL	hsl(349, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(349, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 46.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.77, 21.65, 4.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.77, 22.11, 11.83°)
OKLab	oklab(31.67% 0.0656 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(31.67% 0.067 10.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.1321, 2.9313, 2.5382)
Luminance	0.0293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E222A #224E46

analogous

#4E2240 #4E222A #4E3022

triadic

#4E222A #2A4E22 #222A4E

tetradic

#4E222A #404E22 #224E46 #30224E

square

#4E222A #404E22 #224E46 #30224E

split-complementary

#4E222A #224E30 #22404E

monochromatic

#15090B #230F13 #4E222A #793541 #A34758

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.24

#4E222A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4E222A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E222A

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E222A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E222A	1.00	13.24	1.59	13.24
#FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551D25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e222a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.067 10.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825e63',
    500: '#4e222a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e222a;
$custom-light: #825e63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e222a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31674,
    "c": 0.0667,
    "h": 10.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E222A

secondary

#4A8278

accent

#CFBA59

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9EA

border

#CAC5C6

text

#0B0405

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E222A

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

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