#4E4042#4E4042

#4E4042 is a dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.020 H 8.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4042
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 66)
HSL	hsl(351, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(351, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 15.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, 6.43, 1.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 6.51, 9.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.68% 0.0194 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(38.68% 0.02 8.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9586, 5.6800, 5.9357)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4042 #404E4C

analogous

#4E4049 #4E4042 #4E4540

triadic

#4E4042 #424E40 #40424E

tetradic

#4E4042 #494E40 #404E4C #45404E

square

#4E4042 #494E40 #404E4C #45404E

split-complementary

#4E4042 #404E45 #40494E

monochromatic

#110E0E #2C2426 #4E4042 #705C5E #90787C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#4E4042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E4042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4042

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4042	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.020 8.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7476',
    500: '#4e4042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4042;
$custom-light: #7f7476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38684,
    "c": 0.01964,
    "h": 8.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4042

secondary

#6D7D7B

accent

#B3AA75

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0808

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4042

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

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