#4E272E#4E272E

#4E272E is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.059 H 9.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E272E
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(349, 33%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(349, 50%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 41%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.09, 19.13, 3.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.09, 19.48, 10.76°)
OKLab	oklab(32.71% 0.058 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(32.71% 0.059 9.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.3608, 3.2684, 2.9854)
Luminance	0.0327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E272E #274E47

analogous

#4E2741 #4E272E #4E3327

triadic

#4E272E #2E4E27 #272E4E

tetradic

#4E272E #414E27 #274E47 #33274E

square

#4E272E #414E27 #274E47 #33274E

split-complementary

#4E272E #274E33 #27414E

monochromatic

#140A0C #251316 #4E272E #773B46 #A0505E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.70

#4E272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E272E

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E272E	1.00	12.70	1.65	12.70
#FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38362D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54232A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.059 9.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816266',
    500: '#4e272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e272e;
$custom-light: #816266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.231,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32713,
    "c": 0.05883,
    "h": 9.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E272E

secondary

#508178

accent

#C9B65E

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#EFEAEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0A0506

muted

#7C797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E272E

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

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