#4E2822#4E2822

#4E2822 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.058 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2822
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 34)
HSL	hsl(8, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(8, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 56.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.03, 17.01, 11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.03, 20.69, 34.72°)
OKLab	oklab(32.57% 0.0505 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(32.57% 0.058 30)
XYZ	xyz(4.1897, 3.2532, 1.9203)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2822 #22484E

analogous

#4E2232 #4E2822 #4E3E22

triadic

#4E2822 #224E28 #28224E

tetradic

#4E2822 #324E22 #22484E #3E224E

square

#4E2822 #324E22 #22484E #3E224E

split-complementary

#4E2822 #224E3E #22324E

monochromatic

#150B09 #23120F #4E2822 #793E35 #A35447

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#4E2822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E2822 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2822

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2822	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312E21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552227

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.058 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82625d',
    500: '#4e2822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2822;
$custom-light: #82625d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.182,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32568,
    "c": 0.05831,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.03253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2822

secondary

#4A7A82

accent

#BFCF59

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0504

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2822

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

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