#4E4449#4E4449

#4E4449 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.016 H 346.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4449
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 73)
HSL	hsl(330, 7%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(330, 13%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 6.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.00, 5.27, -1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.00, 5.47, 344.63°)
OKLab	oklab(39.85% 0.0153 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(39.85% 0.016 346.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4115, 6.2351, 7.1678)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4449 #444E49

analogous

#4E444E #4E4449 #4E4444

triadic

#4E4449 #494E44 #44494E

tetradic

#4E4449 #4E4E44 #444E49 #44444E

square

#4E4449 #4E4E44 #444E49 #44444E

split-complementary

#4E4449 #444E44 #444E4E

monochromatic

#100E0F #2D272A #4E4449 #6F6168 #8E7E86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#4E4449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E4449 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4449

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4449	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.016 346.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f777b',
    500: '#4e4449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4449;
$custom-light: #7f777b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39854,
    "c": 0.01577,
    "h": 346.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4449

secondary

#717D77

accent

#B09478

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0809

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4449

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

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