#4E271C#4E271C

#4E271C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.062 H 36.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E271C
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 28)
HSL	hsl(13, 47%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(13, 64%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 64.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.65, 17.04, 15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.65, 22.92, 41.98°)
OKLab	oklab(32.24% 0.0496 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(32.24% 0.062 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.0773, 3.1550, 1.4926)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E271C #1C434E

analogous

#4E1C2A #4E271C #4E401C

triadic

#4E271C #1C4E27 #271C4E

tetradic

#4E271C #2A4E1C #1C434E #401C4E

square

#4E271C #2A4E1C #1C434E #401C4E

split-complementary

#4E271C #1C4E40 #1C2A4E

monochromatic

#170B08 #21100C #4E271C #7B3E2C #A8543C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.88

#4E271C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4E271C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E271C

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E271C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E271C	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)

#312D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A351B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e271c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.062 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836258',
    500: '#4e271c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e271c;
$custom-light: #836258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e271c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.2,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32241,
    "c": 0.06181,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E271C

secondary

#427584

accent

#B9D751

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E271C

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

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