#4D4E51#4D4E51

#4D4E51 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.005 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D4E51
RGB	rgb(77, 78, 81)
HSL	hsl(225, 3%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(225, 5%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 3.7%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.18, 0.26, -1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.18, 1.93, 277.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.0001 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.005 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2699, 7.6206, 8.8709)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D4E51 #51504D

analogous

#4D5051 #4D4E51 #4E4D51

triadic

#4D4E51 #514D4E #4E514D

tetradic

#4D4E51 #514D50 #51504D #4D514E

square

#4D4E51 #514D50 #51504D #4D514E

split-complementary

#4D4E51 #514E4D #50514D

monochromatic

#111212 #2F3032 #4D4E51 #6B6C70 #898B8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#4D4E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4D4E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D4E51

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D4E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D4E51	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4E51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d4e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 78, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.005 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f81',
    500: '#4d4e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d4e51;
$custom-light: #7e7f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d4e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 2.532,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42405,
    "c": 0.00509,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D4E51

secondary

#7F7E7B

accent

#A07CAC

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D4E51

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

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