#4E4141#4E4141

#4E4141 is a dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.018 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4141
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 65)
HSL	hsl(0, 9%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(0, 17%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 16.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.86, 5.59, 2.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.86, 5.97, 20.43°)
OKLab	oklab(38.88% 0.0171 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(38.88% 0.018 18)
XYZ	xyz(5.9863, 5.7821, 5.8007)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4141 #414E4E

analogous

#4E4147 #4E4141 #4E4741

triadic

#4E4141 #414E41 #41414E

tetradic

#4E4141 #474E41 #414E4E #47414E

square

#4E4141 #474E41 #414E4E #47414E

split-complementary

#4E4141 #414E47 #41474E

monochromatic

#110E0E #2D2525 #4E4141 #6F5D5D #907A7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#4E4141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E4141 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4141

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4141	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.018 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7575',
    500: '#4e4141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4141;
$custom-light: #7f7575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38881,
    "c": 0.01801,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.05782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4141

secondary

#6E7D7D

accent

#B2B276

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0808

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4141

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

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