#4E272D#4E272D

#4E272D is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.059 H 11.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E272D
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 45)
HSL	hsl(351, 33%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(351, 50%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 42.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.06, 18.99, 4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.06, 19.47, 12.71°)
OKLab	oklab(32.68% 0.0576 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(32.68% 0.059 11)
XYZ	xyz(4.3413, 3.2606, 2.8828)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E272D #274E48

analogous

#4E2740 #4E272D #4E3427

triadic

#4E272D #2D4E27 #272D4E

tetradic

#4E272D #404E27 #274E48 #34274E

square

#4E272D #404E27 #274E48 #34274E

split-complementary

#4E272D #274E34 #27404E

monochromatic

#140A0C #251315 #4E272D #773B45 #A0505C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#4E272D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E272D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E272D

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E272D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E272D	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38352C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542329

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e272d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.059 11.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816265',
    500: '#4e272d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e272d;
$custom-light: #816265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e272d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32681,
    "c": 0.05868,
    "h": 11
  },
  "luminance": 0.0326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E272D

secondary

#508179

accent

#C9B95E

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#EFEAEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0A0505

muted

#7C797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E272D

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

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