#4E4448#4E4448

#4E4448 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.015 H 351.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4448
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 72)
HSL	hsl(336, 7%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(336, 13%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 7.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.97, 5.06, -0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.97, 5.13, 350.48°)
OKLab	oklab(39.82% 0.0149 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(39.82% 0.015 351.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.3786, 6.2219, 6.9946)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4448 #444E4A

analogous

#4E444D #4E4448 #4E4544

triadic

#4E4448 #484E44 #44484E

tetradic

#4E4448 #4D4E44 #444E4A #45444E

square

#4E4448 #4D4E44 #444E4A #45444E

split-complementary

#4E4448 #444E45 #444D4E

monochromatic

#100E0F #2D272A #4E4448 #6F6166 #8E7E85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#4E4448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E4448 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4448

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4448	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.015 351.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f777a',
    500: '#4e4448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4448;
$custom-light: #7f777a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39818,
    "c": 0.01502,
    "h": 351.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4448

secondary

#717D78

accent

#B09A78

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0809

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4448

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

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