#4E4040#4E4040

#4E4040 is a dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.019 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4040
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(0, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 17.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.53, 6.04, 2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.53, 6.45, 20.53°)
OKLab	oklab(38.62% 0.0185 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(38.62% 0.019 18)
XYZ	xyz(5.9007, 5.6568, 5.6305)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4040 #404E4E

analogous

#4E4047 #4E4040 #4E4740

triadic

#4E4040 #404E40 #40404E

tetradic

#4E4040 #474E40 #404E4E #47404E

square

#4E4040 #474E40 #404E4E #47404E

split-complementary

#4E4040 #404E47 #40474E

monochromatic

#110E0E #2C2424 #4E4040 #705C5C #907878

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#4E4040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E4040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4040

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4040	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.019 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7474',
    500: '#4e4040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4040;
$custom-light: #7f7474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38617,
    "c": 0.01946,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.05657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4040

secondary

#6D7D7D

accent

#B3B375

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0808

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4040

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

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