#4E4544#4E4544

#4E4544 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.012 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4544
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 68)
HSL	hsl(6, 7%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(6, 13%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 12.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.14, 3.61, 1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.14, 4.12, 28.92°)
OKLab	oklab(39.91% 0.0112 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(39.91% 0.012 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3133, 6.2934, 6.3499)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4544 #444D4E

analogous

#4E4448 #4E4544 #4E4A44

triadic

#4E4544 #444E45 #45444E

tetradic

#4E4544 #484E44 #444D4E #4A444E

square

#4E4544 #484E44 #444D4E #4A444E

split-complementary

#4E4544 #444E4A #44484E

monochromatic

#100E0E #2D2827 #4E4544 #6F6261 #8E807E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#4E4544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E4544 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4544

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4544	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.012 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7877',
    500: '#4e4544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4544;
$custom-light: #7f7877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39914,
    "c": 0.01241,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4544

secondary

#717B7D

accent

#AAB078

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4544

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

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