#4E454A#4E454A

#4E454A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.015 H 343.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E454A
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 74)
HSL	hsl(327, 6%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(327, 12%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 5.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.33, 4.84, -1.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.33, 5.10, 341.61°)
OKLab	oklab(40.12% 0.014 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(40.12% 0.015 343.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5059, 6.3705, 7.3641)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E454A #454E49

analogous

#4E454E #4E454A #4E4546

triadic

#4E454A #4A4E45 #454A4E

tetradic

#4E454A #4E4E45 #454E49 #45464E

square

#4E454A #4E4E45 #454E49 #45464E

split-complementary

#4E454A #464E45 #454E4E

monochromatic

#100E0F #2E282B #4E454A #6E6269 #8E7F88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#4E454A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E454A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E454A

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E454A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E454A	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45474A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47484A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e454a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.015 343.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f787c',
    500: '#4e454a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e454a;
$custom-light: #7f787c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e454a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.667,
    "s": 6.122,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40122,
    "c": 0.01458,
    "h": 343.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E454A

secondary

#727D77

accent

#AF9179

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E454A

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

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