#4E272F#4E272F

#4E272F is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.059 H 7.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E272F
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 47)
HSL	hsl(348, 33%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(348, 50%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 39.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.12, 19.28, 2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.12, 19.51, 8.82°)
OKLab	oklab(32.75% 0.0585 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(32.75% 0.059 7.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.3807, 3.2764, 3.0905)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E272F #274E46

analogous

#4E2742 #4E272F #4E3227

triadic

#4E272F #2F4E27 #272F4E

tetradic

#4E272F #424E27 #274E46 #32274E

square

#4E272F #424E27 #274E46 #32274E

split-complementary

#4E272F #274E32 #27424E

monochromatic

#140A0C #251316 #4E272F #773B48 #A05060

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#4E272F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E272F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E272F

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E272F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E272F	1.00	12.69	1.66	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38362E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54232A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e272f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.059 7.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816267',
    500: '#4e272f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e272f;
$custom-light: #816267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e272f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.692,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32746,
    "c": 0.05903,
    "h": 7.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E272F

secondary

#508177

accent

#C9B35E

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#EFEAEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0A0506

muted

#7C797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E272F

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