#4E4549#4E4549

#4E4549 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.014 H 349.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4549
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 73)
HSL	hsl(333, 6%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(333, 12%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 6.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.30, 4.63, -1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.30, 4.74, 347.68°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% 0.0135 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.014 349)
XYZ	xyz(6.4725, 6.3571, 7.1881)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4549 #454E4A

analogous

#4E454E #4E4549 #4E4645

triadic

#4E4549 #494E45 #45494E

tetradic

#4E4549 #4E4E45 #454E4A #46454E

square

#4E4549 #4E4E45 #454E4A #46454E

split-complementary

#4E4549 #454E46 #454E4E

monochromatic

#100E0F #2E282B #4E4549 #6E6267 #8E7F86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#4E4549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E4549 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4549

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4549	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.014 349.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f787b',
    500: '#4e4549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4549;
$custom-light: #7f787b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 333.333,
    "s": 6.122,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40086,
    "c": 0.01376,
    "h": 349
  },
  "luminance": 0.06357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4549

secondary

#727D78

accent

#AF9779

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4549

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →