#4E4245#4E4245

#4E4245 is a dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.017 H 1.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4245
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 69)
HSL	hsl(345, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(345, 15%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 11.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.28, 5.73, 0.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.28, 5.73, 0.89°)
OKLab	oklab(39.25% 0.0171 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(39.25% 0.017 1.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1642, 5.9459, 6.4520)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4245 #424E4B

analogous

#4E424B #4E4245 #4E4542

triadic

#4E4245 #454E42 #42454E

tetradic

#4E4245 #4B4E42 #424E4B #45424E

square

#4E4245 #4B4E42 #424E4B #45424E

split-complementary

#4E4245 #424E45 #424B4E

monochromatic

#110E0F #2D2628 #4E4245 #6F5E62 #8F7B80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#4E4245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E4245 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4245

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4245	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.017 1.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7678',
    500: '#4e4245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4245;
$custom-light: #7f7678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39249,
    "c": 0.01713,
    "h": 1.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4245

secondary

#6F7D79

accent

#B1A376

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0809

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4245

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

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