#4E2422#4E2422

#4E2422 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.064 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2422
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 34)
HSL	hsl(3, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(3, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 56.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.03, 19.49, 10.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.03, 22.12, 28.21°)
OKLab	oklab(31.81% 0.0582 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(31.81% 0.064 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.0618, 2.9974, 1.8777)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2422 #224C4E

analogous

#4E2236 #4E2422 #4E3A22

triadic

#4E2422 #224E24 #24224E

tetradic

#4E2422 #364E22 #224C4E #3A224E

square

#4E2422 #364E22 #224C4E #3A224E

split-complementary

#4E2422 #224E3A #22364E

monochromatic

#150A09 #23100F #4E2422 #793835 #A34B47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.13

#4E2422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4E2422 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2422

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2422	1.00	13.13	1.60	13.13
#FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2B22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383421

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#551E24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.064 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82605d',
    500: '#4e2422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2422;
$custom-light: #82605d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.727,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31808,
    "c": 0.06371,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2422

secondary

#4A7F82

accent

#CACF59

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0504

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2422

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

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