#4E271B#4E271B

#4E271B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.062 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E271B
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 27)
HSL	hsl(14, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(14, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.64, 16.95, 15.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.64, 23.29, 43.30°)
OKLab	oklab(32.22% 0.0491 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(32.22% 0.062 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.0655, 3.1503, 1.4307)
Luminance	0.0315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E271B #1B424E

analogous

#4E1B28 #4E271B #4E401B

triadic

#4E271B #1B4E27 #271B4E

tetradic

#4E271B #284E1B #1B424E #401B4E

square

#4E271B #284E1B #1B424E #401B4E

split-complementary

#4E271B #1B4E40 #1B284E

monochromatic

#170B08 #21100B #4E271B #7B3E2B #A9543A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.88

#4E271B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4E271B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E271B

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E271B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E271B	1.00	12.88	1.63	12.88
#FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A351A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e271b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.062 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836257',
    500: '#4e271b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e271b;
$custom-light: #836257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e271b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.118,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32221,
    "c": 0.06225,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E271B

secondary

#417484

accent

#B8D850

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E271B

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

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