#4E4445#4E4445

#4E4445 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.014 H 10.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4445
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 69)
HSL	hsl(354, 7%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(354, 13%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 11.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.87, 4.45, 0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.87, 4.55, 12.13°)
OKLab	oklab(39.71% 0.0135 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(39.71% 0.014 10.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2831, 6.1837, 6.4917)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4445 #444E4D

analogous

#4E444A #4E4445 #4E4844

triadic

#4E4445 #454E44 #44454E

tetradic

#4E4445 #4A4E44 #444E4D #48444E

square

#4E4445 #4A4E44 #444E4D #48444E

split-complementary

#4E4445 #444E48 #444A4E

monochromatic

#100E0E #2D2728 #4E4445 #6F6162 #8E7E80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#4E4445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E4445 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4445

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4445	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)

#454545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.014 10.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7778',
    500: '#4e4445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4445;
$custom-light: #7f7778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39713,
    "c": 0.01375,
    "h": 10.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4445

secondary

#717D7B

accent

#B0AA78

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0809

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4445

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →