#4E4240#4E4240

#4E4240 is a dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.017 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4240
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(9, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 17.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.12, 4.76, 3.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.12, 5.69, 33.26°)
OKLab	oklab(39.08% 0.0148 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(39.08% 0.017 29)
XYZ	xyz(6.0155, 5.8865, 5.6688)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4240 #404C4E

analogous

#4E4045 #4E4240 #4E4940

triadic

#4E4240 #404E42 #42404E

tetradic

#4E4240 #454E40 #404C4E #49404E

square

#4E4240 #454E40 #404C4E #49404E

split-complementary

#4E4240 #404E49 #40454E

monochromatic

#110E0E #2C2624 #4E4240 #705E5C #907C78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#4E4240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E4240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4240

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4240	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514141

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.017 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7674',
    500: '#4e4240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4240;
$custom-light: #7f7674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39081,
    "c": 0.01695,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.05886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4240

secondary

#6D7B7D

accent

#AAB375

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0808

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4240

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

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