#4E4241#4E4241

#4E4241 is a dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.017 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4241
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 65)
HSL	hsl(5, 9%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(5, 17%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 16.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.15, 4.95, 2.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.15, 5.55, 26.92°)
OKLab	oklab(39.11% 0.0153 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(39.11% 0.017 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0442, 5.8979, 5.8200)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4241 #414D4E

analogous

#4E4146 #4E4241 #4E4841

triadic

#4E4241 #414E42 #42414E

tetradic

#4E4241 #464E41 #414D4E #48414E

square

#4E4241 #464E41 #414D4E #48414E

split-complementary

#4E4241 #414E48 #41464E

monochromatic

#110E0E #2D2625 #4E4241 #6F5E5D #907B7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#4E4241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E4241 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4241

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4241	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.017 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7675',
    500: '#4e4241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4241;
$custom-light: #7f7675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39113,
    "c": 0.01668,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4241

secondary

#6E7C7D

accent

#ADB276

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0808

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4241

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

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