#4B4E50#4B4E50

#4B4E50 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.005 H 236.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4E50
RGB	rgb(75, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(204, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(204, 6%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 2.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.97, -0.76, -1.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.97, 1.78, 244.48°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% -0.0028 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.005 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0737, 7.5238, 8.6674)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4E50 #504D4B

analogous

#4B504F #4B4E50 #4B4B50

triadic

#4B4E50 #504B4E #4E504B

tetradic

#4B4E50 #4F4B50 #504D4B #4B504B

square

#4B4E50 #4F4B50 #504D4B #4B504B

split-complementary

#4B4E50 #504B4B #504F4B

monochromatic

#101011 #2D2F30 #4B4E50 #696D70 #878B8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#4B4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4B4E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4E50

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4E50	1.00	8.38	2.50	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4D50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.005 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7f81',
    500: '#4b4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4e50;
$custom-light: #7d7f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 3.226,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42186,
    "c": 0.00514,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4E50

secondary

#7E7B79

accent

#8F7BAC

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#090A0A

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4E50

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

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