#4B4E49#4B4E49

#4B4E49 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.009 H 132.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4E49
RGB	rgb(75, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(96, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(96, 6%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 6.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.76, -2.30, 2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.76, 3.43, 132.25°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% -0.0061 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.009 132.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8284, 7.4257, 7.3756)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4E49 #4C494E

analogous

#4E4E49 #4B4E49 #494E4A

triadic

#4B4E49 #494B4E #4E494B

tetradic

#4B4E49 #494E4E #4C494E #4E4A49

square

#4B4E49 #494E4E #4C494E #4E4A49

split-complementary

#4B4E49 #4A494E #4E494E

monochromatic

#0F100F #2D2E2B #4B4E49 #696E67 #888D85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#4B4E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4B4E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4E49

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4E49	1.00	8.45	2.49	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4D49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.009 132.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7f7b',
    500: '#4b4e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4e49;
$custom-light: #7d7f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96,
    "s": 3.311,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41947,
    "c": 0.00901,
    "h": 132.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4E49

secondary

#7A777C

accent

#7BAD99

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#090A09

muted

#7B7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4E49

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

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