#4D4E48#4D4E48

#4D4E48 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.010 H 114.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4D4E48
RGBrgb(77, 78, 72)
HSLhsl(70, 4%, 29%)
HSVhsv(70, 8%, 31%)
CMYKcmyk(1.3%, 0%, 7.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LABlab(32.91, -1.68, 3.41)
CIE-LCHlch(32.91, 3.80, 116.21°)
OKLaboklab(42.1% -0.0041 0.0089)
OKLCHoklch(42.1% 0.01 114.5)
XYZxyz(6.9545, 7.4945, 7.2098)
Luminance0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygrey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4D4E48 #49484E
analogous
#4E4C48 #4D4E48 #4A4E48
triadic
#4D4E48 #484D4E #4E484D
tetradic
#4D4E48 #484E4C #49484E #4E484A
square
#4D4E48 #484E4C #49484E #4E484A
split-complementary
#4D4E48 #484A4E #4C484E
monochromatic
#10100F #2E2E2B #4D4E48 #6C6E65 #8B8D83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40
#4D4E48 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50
#4D4E48 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D4E48
8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4D4E48#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##4D4E481.008.402.508.40
#FFFFFF8.401.0021.001.00
#0000002.5021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.401.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4F4D48
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4F4D48
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4E4D4C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4d4e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 78, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.010 114.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f7b',
    500: '#4d4e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4d4e48;
$custom-light: #7e7f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4d4e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 4,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.421,
    "c": 0.0098,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4D4E48
secondary
#77767C
accent
#7BAD83
background
#F7F7F7
surface
#EEEEED
border
#C9C9C8
text
#0A0A09
muted
#7C7C7B

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#4D4E48 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva