#4E272C#4E272C

#4E272C is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.059 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E272C
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 44)
HSL	hsl(352, 33%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(352, 50%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 43.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.03, 18.86, 4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.03, 19.49, 14.66°)
OKLab	oklab(32.65% 0.0571 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(32.65% 0.059 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.3223, 3.2530, 2.7826)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E272C #274E49

analogous

#4E273F #4E272C #4E3527

triadic

#4E272C #2C4E27 #272C4E

tetradic

#4E272C #3F4E27 #274E49 #35274E

square

#4E272C #3F4E27 #274E49 #35274E

split-complementary

#4E272C #274E35 #273F4E

monochromatic

#140A0C #251315 #4E272C #773B43 #A0505A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#4E272C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E272C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E272C

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E272C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E272C	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)

#2E2E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38352B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542329

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e272c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.059 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816265',
    500: '#4e272c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e272c;
$custom-light: #816265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e272c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.308,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3265,
    "c": 0.05856,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E272C

secondary

#50817B

accent

#C9BC5E

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#EFEAEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E272C

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

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