#4E4442#4E4442

#4E4442 is a dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.014 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4442
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(10, 15%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 15.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.78, 3.86, 2.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.78, 4.75, 35.67°)
OKLab	oklab(39.61% 0.0121 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(39.61% 0.014 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.1923, 6.1474, 6.0136)
Luminance	0.0615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4442 #424C4E

analogous

#4E4246 #4E4442 #4E4A42

triadic

#4E4442 #424E44 #44424E

tetradic

#4E4442 #464E42 #424C4E #4A424E

square

#4E4442 #464E42 #424C4E #4A424E

split-complementary

#4E4442 #424E4A #42464E

monochromatic

#110E0E #2D2726 #4E4442 #6F615E #8F7E7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#4E4442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E4442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4442

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4442	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.014 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7776',
    500: '#4e4442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4442;
$custom-light: #7f7776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39613,
    "c": 0.01414,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4442

secondary

#6F7A7D

accent

#A8B176

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0808

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4442

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

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