HEX atlas value

#270C0C

#270C0C is a warm red HEX color nearest Matte Black. RGB 39, 12, 12, HSL 0° 53% 10%, luminance 0.0072; view contrast and conversions.

red warm dark

#270C0C Sample readable text

HEX #270C0C

RGB rgb(39, 12, 12)

HSL hsl(0 53% 10%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 69, 69, 85)

Luminance 0.0072

Contrast Black 1.14:1White 18.36:1

CSS

--color-270c0c: #270C0C;
.background-270c0c { background-color: #270C0C; }
.text-270c0c { color: #270C0C; }

HEX meaning and use

About #270C0C

#270C0C is classified as a warm red value with dark visual character. #270C0C is visually closest to Matte Black, a named gray color with HEX #1A1A1A.

The RGB channels are 39, 12, and 12, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 0deg with 53% saturation and 10% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and dark theme accents. Its luminance is 0.0072, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 23.69, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text1.14:1AA Fail

White text18.36:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #270C0C needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000001.14:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF18.36:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

Black#000000 · #FFFFFF text · best 21:1 Carbon Black#0C0C0C · #FFFFFF text · best 19.55:1 #2D0606#2D0606 · #FFFFFF text · best 18.42:1 #270C1A#270C1A · #FFFFFF text · best 18.2:1 #211212#211212 · #FFFFFF text · best 18.1:1

Generated Palette

#270C0C#270C0C

#0C2727#0C2727

#270C1A#270C1A

#271A0C#271A0C

#6D2222#6D2222

Black#000000

Color Harmonies

#0C2727#0C2727

#270C1A#270C1A

#271A0C#271A0C

#0C270C#0C270C

#0C0C27#0C0C27

Variants

#6D2222#6D2222

Black#000000

#2D0606#2D0606

#211212#211212

#7B3737#7B3737

#5C0000#5C0000

Nearest Named Colors

Matte Black#1A1A1A

Carbon Fiber#1C1C1C

Carbon Black#0C0C0C

Raisin#242124

Rubber#2A2725

Luminance0.0072

Black text1.14:1AA Fail

White text18.36:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#270C0C","rgb":[39,12,12],"hsl":[0,53,10],"cmyk":[0,69,69,85],"luminance":0.0072,"contrast":{"black":1.14,"white":18.36}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":1.14,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":18.36,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"Black","hex":"#000000","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1,"contrastWhite":21,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Carbon Black","hex":"#0C0C0C","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.07,"contrastWhite":19.55,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#2D0606","hex":"#2D0606","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.14,"contrastWhite":18.42,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#270C1A","hex":"#270C1A","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.15,"contrastWhite":18.2,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#211212","hex":"#211212","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.16,"contrastWhite":18.1,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","dark","dark red","Matte Black adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","dark theme accents","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/270c0c.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/matte-black.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/carbon-fiber.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/carbon-black.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#0C2727","analogous":["#270C1A","#271A0C"],"triadic":["#0C270C","#0C0C27"],"tetradic":["#1A270C","#0C2727","#190C27"],"splitComplementary":["#0C271A","#0C1927"],"monochromatic":["#6D2222","#270C0C","#000000"]}

Variants

{"light":"#6D2222","dark":"#000000","saturated":"#2D0606","desaturated":"#211212","pastel":"#7B3737","neon":"#5C0000"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"matte-black","name":"Matte Black","hex":"#1A1A1A","distance":23.68543856465402},{"slug":"carbon-fiber","name":"Carbon Fiber","hex":"#1C1C1C","distance":25.15949125081825},{"slug":"carbon-black","name":"Carbon Black","hex":"#0C0C0C","distance":27},{"slug":"raisin","name":"Raisin","hex":"#242124","distance":32.03123475609393},{"slug":"rubber","name":"Rubber","hex":"#2A2725","distance":36.91882988394946}]

#270C0C

CSS

About #270C0C

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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