#4E4144#4E4144

#4E4144 is a dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.019 H 2.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4144
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 68)
HSL	hsl(346, 9%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(346, 17%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 12.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.95, 6.18, 0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.95, 6.18, 2.43°)
OKLab	oklab(38.98% 0.0185 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(38.98% 0.019 2.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0755, 5.8178, 6.2706)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4144 #414E4B

analogous

#4E414A #4E4144 #4E4441

triadic

#4E4144 #444E41 #41444E

tetradic

#4E4144 #4A4E41 #414E4B #44414E

square

#4E4144 #4A4E41 #414E4B #44414E

split-complementary

#4E4144 #414E44 #414A4E

monochromatic

#110E0F #2D2527 #4E4144 #6F5D61 #907A7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#4E4144 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E4144 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4144

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4144	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4144	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4144;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.019 2.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7577',
    500: '#4e4144',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4144;
$custom-light: #7f7577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4144",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.154,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38983,
    "c": 0.01852,
    "h": 2.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4144

secondary

#6E7D79

accent

#B2A476

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0808

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4144

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

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