#4E3E40#4E3E40

#4E3E40 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.023 H 9.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3E40
RGB	rgb(78, 62, 64)
HSL	hsl(353, 11%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(353, 21%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 17.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.94, 7.34, 1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.94, 7.47, 10.89°)
OKLab	oklab(38.16% 0.0222 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(38.16% 0.023 9.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.7899, 5.4353, 5.5936)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3E40 #3E4E4C

analogous

#4E3E48 #4E3E40 #4E443E

triadic

#4E3E40 #404E3E #3E404E

tetradic

#4E3E40 #484E3E #3E4E4C #443E4E

square

#4E3E40 #484E3E #3E4E4C #443E4E

split-complementary

#4E3E40 #3E4E44 #3E484E

monochromatic

#110E0E #2C2324 #4E3E40 #70595C #917579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#4E3E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E3E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3E40

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3E40	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#404040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 62, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.023 9.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7374',
    500: '#4e3e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3e40;
$custom-light: #7f7374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 11.429,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38159,
    "c": 0.02255,
    "h": 9.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3E40

secondary

#6B7D7B

accent

#B4AC73

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEECED

border

#C9C7C8

text

#0A0808

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3E40

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

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