#4E2A22#4E2A22

#4E2A22 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.056 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A22
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 34)
HSL	hsl(11, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(11, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 56.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.55, 15.75, 12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.55, 20.09, 38.38°)
OKLab	oklab(32.96% 0.0466 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(32.96% 0.056 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.2589, 3.3915, 1.9434)
Luminance	0.0339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A22 #22464E

analogous

#4E2230 #4E2A22 #4E4022

triadic

#4E2A22 #224E2A #2A224E

tetradic

#4E2A22 #304E22 #22464E #40224E

square

#4E2A22 #304E22 #22464E #40224E

split-complementary

#4E2A22 #224E40 #22304E

monochromatic

#150B09 #23130F #4E2A22 #794135 #A35847

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.51

#4E2A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E2A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A22

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A22	1.00	12.51	1.68	12.51
#FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#332F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552428

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.056 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82645d',
    500: '#4e2a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a22;
$custom-light: #82645d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32964,
    "c": 0.05585,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A22

secondary

#4A7882

accent

#BACF59

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0504

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A22

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

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