#4E4244#4E4244

#4E4244 is a dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.017 H 6.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4244
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 68)
HSL	hsl(350, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(350, 15%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 12.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.24, 5.53, 0.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.24, 5.58, 7.15°)
OKLab	oklab(39.21% 0.0167 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(39.21% 0.017 6.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1334, 5.9336, 6.2899)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4244 #424E4C

analogous

#4E424A #4E4244 #4E4642

triadic

#4E4244 #444E42 #42444E

tetradic

#4E4244 #4A4E42 #424E4C #46424E

square

#4E4244 #4A4E42 #424E4C #46424E

split-complementary

#4E4244 #424E46 #424A4E

monochromatic

#110E0E #2D2627 #4E4244 #6F5E61 #8F7B7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#4E4244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E4244 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4244

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4244	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.017 6.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7677',
    500: '#4e4244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4244;
$custom-light: #7f7677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39214,
    "c": 0.01679,
    "h": 6.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4244

secondary

#6F7D7A

accent

#B1A876

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0808

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4244

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

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