#4E4043#4E4043

#4E4043 is a dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.020 H 3.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4043
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 67)
HSL	hsl(347, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(347, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 14.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.62, 6.62, 0.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.62, 6.64, 3.78°)
OKLab	oklab(38.72% 0.0199 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(38.72% 0.02 3.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9884, 5.6919, 6.0923)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4043 #404E4B

analogous

#4E404A #4E4043 #4E4440

triadic

#4E4043 #434E40 #40434E

tetradic

#4E4043 #4A4E40 #404E4B #44404E

square

#4E4043 #4A4E40 #404E4B #44404E

split-complementary

#4E4043 #404E44 #404A4E

monochromatic

#110E0E #2C2426 #4E4043 #705C60 #90787D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#4E4043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E4043 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4043

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4043	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.020 3.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7477',
    500: '#4e4043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4043;
$custom-light: #7f7477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.143,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38719,
    "c": 0.01993,
    "h": 3.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4043

secondary

#6D7D7A

accent

#B3A675

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0808

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4043

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

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