HEX atlas value

#27160C

#27160C is a warm orange HEX color nearest Matte Black. RGB 39, 22, 12, HSL 22° 53% 10%, luminance 0.0103; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm dark earth-tone

#27160C Sample readable text

HEX #27160C

RGB rgb(39, 22, 12)

HSL hsl(22 53% 10%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 44, 69, 85)

Luminance 0.0103

Contrast Black 1.21:1White 17.41:1

CSS

--color-27160c: #27160C;
.background-27160c { background-color: #27160C; }
.text-27160c { color: #27160C; }

HEX meaning and use

About #27160C

#27160C is classified as a warm orange value with dark and earth tone visual character. #27160C is visually closest to Matte Black, a named gray color with HEX #1A1A1A.

The RGB channels are 39, 22, and 12, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 22deg 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 natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.0103, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 19.52, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text1.21:1AA Fail

White text17.41:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #27160C needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000001.21:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF17.41:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

Black#000000 · #FFFFFF text · best 21:1 Carbon Black#0C0C0C · #FFFFFF text · best 19.55:1 #270C10#270C10 · #FFFFFF text · best 18.32:1 #211712#211712 · #FFFFFF text · best 17.56:1 Matte Black#1A1A1A · #FFFFFF text · best 17.41:1

Generated Palette

#27160C#27160C

#0C1D27#0C1D27

#270C10#270C10

#27230C#27230C

#6D3D22#6D3D22

Black#000000

Color Harmonies

#0C1D27#0C1D27

#270C10#270C10

#27230C#27230C

#0C2716#0C2716

#160C27#160C27

Variants

#6D3D22#6D3D22

Black#000000

#2D1406#2D1406

#211712#211712

#7B5037#7B5037

#5C2200#5C2200

Nearest Named Colors

Matte Black#1A1A1A

Carbon Fiber#1C1C1C

Raisin#242124

Carbon Black#0C0C0C

Rubber#2A2725

Luminance0.0103

Black text1.21:1AA Fail

White text17.41:1AA 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":"#27160C","rgb":[39,22,12],"hsl":[22,53,10],"cmyk":[0,44,69,85],"luminance":0.0103,"contrast":{"black":1.21,"white":17.41}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":1.21,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":17.41,"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":"#270C10","hex":"#270C10","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.15,"contrastWhite":18.32,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#211712","hex":"#211712","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.2,"contrastWhite":17.56,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Matte Black","hex":"#1A1A1A","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.21,"contrastWhite":17.41,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","dark","earth tone","dark orange","earth tone orange","Matte Black adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","dark theme accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/27160c.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/raisin.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#0C1D27","analogous":["#270C10","#27230C"],"triadic":["#0C2716","#160C27"],"tetradic":["#10270C","#0C1D27","#230C27"],"splitComplementary":["#0C2723","#0C1027"],"monochromatic":["#6D3D22","#27160C","#000000"]}

Variants

{"light":"#6D3D22","dark":"#000000","saturated":"#2D1406","desaturated":"#211712","pastel":"#7B5037","neon":"#5C2200"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"matte-black","name":"Matte Black","hex":"#1A1A1A","distance":19.519221295943137},{"slug":"carbon-fiber","name":"Carbon Fiber","hex":"#1C1C1C","distance":20.322401432901575},{"slug":"raisin","name":"Raisin","hex":"#242124","distance":26.570660511172846},{"slug":"carbon-black","name":"Carbon Black","hex":"#0C0C0C","distance":28.792360097775937},{"slug":"rubber","name":"Rubber","hex":"#2A2725","distance":30.380915061926625}]

#27160C

CSS

About #27160C

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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