#4E272B#4E272B

#4E272B is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.058 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E272B
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 43)
HSL	hsl(354, 33%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(354, 50%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 44.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.00, 18.72, 5.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.00, 19.54, 16.61°)
OKLab	oklab(32.62% 0.0567 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(32.62% 0.058 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.3037, 3.2456, 2.6848)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E272B #274E4A

analogous

#4E273E #4E272B #4E3627

triadic

#4E272B #2B4E27 #272B4E

tetradic

#4E272B #3E4E27 #274E4A #36274E

square

#4E272B #3E4E27 #274E4A #36274E

split-complementary

#4E272B #274E36 #273E4E

monochromatic

#140A0B #251315 #4E272B #773B41 #A05058

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.73

#4E272B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E272B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E272B

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E272B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E272B	1.00	12.73	1.65	12.73
#FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38352A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552329

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e272b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.058 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826264',
    500: '#4e272b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e272b;
$custom-light: #826264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e272b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.846,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32619,
    "c": 0.05849,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E272B

secondary

#50817C

accent

#C9BE5E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAEA

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E272B

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

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