#4A4E4E#4A4E4E

#4A4E4E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.005 H 197.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4E4E
RGB	rgb(74, 78, 78)
HSL	hsl(180, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(180, 5%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.82, -1.62, -0.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.82, 1.71, 199.16°)
OKLab	oklab(42.03% -0.005 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(42.03% 0.005 197)
XYZ	xyz(6.9233, 7.4546, 8.2804)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4E4E #4E4A4A

analogous

#4A4E4C #4A4E4E #4A4C4E

triadic

#4A4E4E #4E4A4E #4E4E4A

tetradic

#4A4E4E #4C4A4E #4E4A4A #4C4E4A

square

#4A4E4E #4C4A4E #4E4A4A #4C4E4A

split-complementary

#4A4E4E #4E4A4C #4E4C4A

monochromatic

#0F1010 #2C2F2F #4A4E4E #686D6D #868C8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#4A4E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4A4E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4E4E

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4E4E	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4D4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 78, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.005 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7f7f',
    500: '#4a4e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4e4e;
$custom-light: #7c7f7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 2.632,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42025,
    "c": 0.00521,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.07455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4E4E

secondary

#7C7878

accent

#7C7CAC

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#090A0A

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4E4E

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

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