#4E4140#4E4140

#4E4140 is a dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.018 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4140
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(4, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 17.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.83, 5.40, 2.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.83, 6.03, 26.49°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% 0.0167 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.018 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9576, 5.7706, 5.6495)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4140 #404D4E

analogous

#4E4046 #4E4140 #4E4840

triadic

#4E4140 #404E41 #41404E

tetradic

#4E4140 #464E40 #404D4E #48404E

square

#4E4140 #464E40 #404D4E #48404E

split-complementary

#4E4140 #404E48 #40464E

monochromatic

#110E0E #2C2524 #4E4140 #705D5C #907A78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#4E4140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E4140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4140

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4140	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.018 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7574',
    500: '#4e4140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4140;
$custom-light: #7f7574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38848,
    "c": 0.01812,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4140

secondary

#6D7C7D

accent

#AEB375

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0808

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4140

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

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