#4E444E#4E444E

#4E444E is a dark, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.021 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E444E
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 7%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(300, 13%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.17, 6.35, -4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.17, 7.75, 325.08°)
OKLab	oklab(40.04% 0.0175 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(40.04% 0.021 326)
XYZ	xyz(6.5840, 6.3041, 8.0762)
Luminance	0.0630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E444E #444E44

analogous

#49444E #4E444E #4E4449

triadic

#4E444E #4E4E44 #444E4E

tetradic

#4E444E #4E4944 #444E44 #44494E

square

#4E444E #4E4944 #444E44 #44494E

split-complementary

#4E444E #494E44 #444E49

monochromatic

#100E10 #2D272D #4E444E #6F616F #8E7E8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#4E444E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E444E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E444E

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E444E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E444E	1.00	9.29	2.26	9.29
#FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43464E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45474E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e444e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.021 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f777f',
    500: '#4e444e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e444e;
$custom-light: #7f777f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e444e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40041,
    "c": 0.0211,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.06304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E444E

secondary

#717D71

accent

#B07878

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A080A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E444E

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

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