#4E4548#4E4548

#4E4548 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.013 H 355.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4548
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 72)
HSL	hsl(340, 6%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(340, 12%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 7.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.26, 4.42, -0.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.26, 4.44, 354.68°)
OKLab	oklab(40.05% 0.0131 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(40.05% 0.013 355.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4396, 6.3439, 7.0149)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4548 #454E4B

analogous

#4E454D #4E4548 #4E4745

triadic

#4E4548 #484E45 #45484E

tetradic

#4E4548 #4D4E45 #454E4B #47454E

square

#4E4548 #4D4E45 #454E4B #47454E

split-complementary

#4E4548 #454E47 #454D4E

monochromatic

#100E0F #2E282A #4E4548 #6E6266 #8E7F84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#4E4548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E4548 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4548

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4548	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.013 355.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f787a',
    500: '#4e4548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4548;
$custom-light: #7f787a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 6.122,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40051,
    "c": 0.0131,
    "h": 355.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4548

secondary

#727D79

accent

#AF9D79

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4548

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

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