#4E4041#4E4041

#4E4041 is a dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.019 H 13.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4041
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 65)
HSL	hsl(356, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(356, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 16.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.56, 6.23, 1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.56, 6.45, 14.85°)
OKLab	oklab(38.65% 0.019 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(38.65% 0.019 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9294, 5.6683, 5.7818)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4041 #404E4D

analogous

#4E4048 #4E4041 #4E4640

triadic

#4E4041 #414E40 #40414E

tetradic

#4E4041 #484E40 #404E4D #46404E

square

#4E4041 #484E40 #404E4D #46404E

split-complementary

#4E4041 #404E46 #40484E

monochromatic

#110E0E #2C2425 #4E4041 #705C5D #90787A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#4E4041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E4041 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4041

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4041	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.019 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7475',
    500: '#4e4041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4041;
$custom-light: #7f7475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38651,
    "c": 0.01948,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4041

secondary

#6D7D7C

accent

#B3AE75

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0808

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4041

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

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