#4A4E49#4A4E49

#4A4E49 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.010 H 139.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4E49
RGB	rgb(74, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(108, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(108, 6%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 6.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.67, -2.71, 2.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.67, 3.62, 138.55°)
OKLab	oklab(41.86% -0.0073 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(41.86% 0.01 139.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.7508, 7.3856, 7.3720)
Luminance	0.0739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4E49 #4D494E

analogous

#4D4E49 #4A4E49 #494E4B

triadic

#4A4E49 #494A4E #4E494A

tetradic

#4A4E49 #494D4E #4D494E #4E4B49

square

#4A4E49 #494D4E #4D494E #4E4B49

split-complementary

#4A4E49 #4B494E #4E494D

monochromatic

#0F100F #2C2E2B #4A4E49 #686E67 #868D85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#4A4E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4A4E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4E49

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4E49	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4D49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.010 139.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7f7b',
    500: '#4a4e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4e49;
$custom-light: #7c7f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 108,
    "s": 3.311,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41856,
    "c": 0.00965,
    "h": 139.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4E49

secondary

#7B777C

accent

#7BADA3

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#090A09

muted

#7B7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4E49

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

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