#4C4A42#4C4A42

#4C4A42 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.013 H 95.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C4A42
RGB	rgb(76, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 7%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(48, 13%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 13.2%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.41, -0.81, 5.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.41, 5.14, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(40.84% -0.0012 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(40.84% 0.013 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4125, 6.8275, 6.1332)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C4A42 #42444C

analogous

#4C4542 #4C4A42 #494C42

triadic

#4C4A42 #424C4A #4A424C

tetradic

#4C4A42 #424C45 #42444C #4C4249

square

#4C4A42 #424C45 #42444C #4C4249

split-complementary

#4C4A42 #42494C #45424C

monochromatic

#10100E #2B2A26 #4C4A42 #6D6A5E #8D897C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#4C4A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4C4A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C4A42

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C4A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C4A42	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c4a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.013 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7c76',
    500: '#4c4a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c4a42;
$custom-light: #7e7c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c4a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 7.042,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40843,
    "c": 0.01328,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C4A42

secondary

#6F717B

accent

#83B078

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#090908

muted

#7B7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C4A42

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

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