#4D4E49#4D4E49

#4D4E49 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.008 H 115.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D4E49
RGB	rgb(77, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(72, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(72, 6%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 6.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.94, -1.47, 2.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.94, 3.18, 117.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.13% -0.0036 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(42.13% 0.008 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9874, 7.5076, 7.3830)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D4E49 #4A494E

analogous

#4E4D49 #4D4E49 #4B4E49

triadic

#4D4E49 #494D4E #4E494D

tetradic

#4D4E49 #494E4D #4A494E #4E494B

square

#4D4E49 #494E4D #4A494E #4E494B

split-complementary

#4D4E49 #494B4E #4D494E

monochromatic

#10100F #2E2E2B #4D4E49 #6C6E67 #8B8D85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#4D4E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4D4E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D4E49

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D4E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D4E49	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4D49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d4e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.008 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f7b',
    500: '#4d4e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d4e49;
$custom-light: #7e7f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d4e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 3.311,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42132,
    "c": 0.00821,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D4E49

secondary

#78777C

accent

#7BAD85

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D4E49

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →