#4E4543#4E4543

#4E4543 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.013 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4543
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 67)
HSL	hsl(11, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(11, 14%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 14.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.11, 3.41, 2.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.11, 4.29, 37.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.88% 0.0108 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(39.88% 0.013 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2831, 6.2813, 6.1905)
Luminance	0.0628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4543 #434C4E

analogous

#4E4346 #4E4543 #4E4A43

triadic

#4E4543 #434E45 #45434E

tetradic

#4E4543 #464E43 #434C4E #4A434E

square

#4E4543 #464E43 #434C4E #4A434E

split-complementary

#4E4543 #434E4A #43464E

monochromatic

#100F0E #2D2827 #4E4543 #6F625F #8F807C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#4E4543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E4543 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4543

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4543	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.013 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7877',
    500: '#4e4543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4543;
$custom-light: #7f7877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 7.586,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39881,
    "c": 0.01277,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4543

secondary

#707A7D

accent

#A6B177

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4543

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

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