#4E4142#4E4142

#4E4142 is a dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.018 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4142
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 66)
HSL	hsl(355, 9%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(355, 17%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 15.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.89, 5.78, 1.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.89, 5.97, 14.31°)
OKLab	oklab(38.92% 0.0176 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(38.92% 0.018 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0155, 5.7938, 5.9546)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4142 #414E4D

analogous

#4E4148 #4E4142 #4E4641

triadic

#4E4142 #424E41 #41424E

tetradic

#4E4142 #484E41 #414E4D #46414E

square

#4E4142 #484E41 #414E4D #46414E

split-complementary

#4E4142 #414E46 #41484E

monochromatic

#110E0E #2D2526 #4E4142 #6F5D5E #907A7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#4E4142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E4142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4142

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4142	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.018 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7576',
    500: '#4e4142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4142;
$custom-light: #7f7576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38915,
    "c": 0.01803,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4142

secondary

#6E7D7C

accent

#B2AD76

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0808

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4142

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

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