#4E4545#4E4545

#4E4545 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.012 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4545
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 69)
HSL	hsl(0, 6%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(0, 12%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 11.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.17, 3.81, 1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.17, 4.05, 20.07°)
OKLab	oklab(39.95% 0.0117 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(39.95% 0.012 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.3441, 6.3057, 6.5120)
Luminance	0.0631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4545 #454E4E

analogous

#4E454A #4E4545 #4E4A45

triadic

#4E4545 #454E45 #45454E

tetradic

#4E4545 #4A4E45 #454E4E #4A454E

square

#4E4545 #4A4E45 #454E4E #4A454E

split-complementary

#4E4545 #454E4A #454A4E

monochromatic

#100E0E #2E2828 #4E4545 #6E6262 #8E7F7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#4E4545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E4545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4545

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4545	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)

#464645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.012 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7878',
    500: '#4e4545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4545;
$custom-light: #7f7878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 6.122,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39947,
    "c": 0.01227,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4545

secondary

#727D7D

accent

#AFAF79

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4545

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

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