#4E4444#4E4444

#4E4444 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.014 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4444
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 68)
HSL	hsl(0, 7%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(0, 13%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 12.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.84, 4.25, 1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.84, 4.53, 20.16°)
OKLab	oklab(39.68% 0.013 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(39.68% 0.014 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2523, 6.1714, 6.3296)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4444 #444E4E

analogous

#4E4449 #4E4444 #4E4944

triadic

#4E4444 #444E44 #44444E

tetradic

#4E4444 #494E44 #444E4E #49444E

square

#4E4444 #494E44 #444E4E #49444E

split-complementary

#4E4444 #444E49 #44494E

monochromatic

#100E0E #2D2727 #4E4444 #6F6161 #8E7E7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#4E4444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E4444 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4444

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4444	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.014 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7777',
    500: '#4e4444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4444;
$custom-light: #7f7777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39679,
    "c": 0.01368,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4444

secondary

#717D7D

accent

#B0B078

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0808

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4444

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

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