#4E403E#4E403E

#4E403E is a dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.020 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E403E
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 62)
HSL	hsl(8, 11%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(8, 21%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 20.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.47, 5.67, 3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.47, 6.65, 31.57°)
OKLab	oklab(38.55% 0.0176 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(38.55% 0.02 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.8448, 5.6345, 5.3362)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E403E #3E4C4E

analogous

#4E3E44 #4E403E #4E483E

triadic

#4E403E #3E4E40 #403E4E

tetradic

#4E403E #444E3E #3E4C4E #483E4E

square

#4E403E #444E3E #3E4C4E #483E4E

split-complementary

#4E403E #3E4E48 #3E444E

monochromatic

#110E0E #2C2423 #4E403E #705C59 #917975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#4E403E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E403E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E403E

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E403E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E403E	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43423E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46443E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e403e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.020 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7473',
    500: '#4e403e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e403e;
$custom-light: #7f7473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e403e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 11.429,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38552,
    "c": 0.01983,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E403E

secondary

#6B7B7D

accent

#ACB473

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEC

border

#C9C8C7

text

#0A0808

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E403E

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

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