#4E434E#4E434E

#4E434E is a dark, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.023 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E434E
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(300, 14%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.87, 6.99, -4.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.87, 8.52, 325.14°)
OKLab	oklab(39.81% 0.0193 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(39.81% 0.023 326)
XYZ	xyz(6.5240, 6.1842, 8.0562)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E434E #434E43

analogous

#48434E #4E434E #4E4348

triadic

#4E434E #4E4E43 #434E4E

tetradic

#4E434E #4E4843 #434E43 #43484E

square

#4E434E #4E4843 #434E43 #43484E

split-complementary

#4E434E #484E43 #434E48

monochromatic

#100E10 #2D272D #4E434E #6F5F6F #8F7C8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#4E434E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E434E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E434E

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E434E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E434E	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42464E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45474E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e434e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.023 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f777f',
    500: '#4e434e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e434e;
$custom-light: #7f777f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e434e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 7.586,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39812,
    "c": 0.02323,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.06184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E434E

secondary

#707D70

accent

#B17777

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E434E

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

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