#4E454B#4E454B

#4E454B is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.016 H 338.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E454B
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 75)
HSL	hsl(320, 6%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(320, 12%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 3.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.36, 5.05, -2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.36, 5.51, 336.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.16% 0.0144 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(40.16% 0.016 338)
XYZ	xyz(6.5399, 6.3840, 7.5430)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E454B #454E48

analogous

#4D454E #4E454B #4E4547

triadic

#4E454B #4B4E45 #454B4E

tetradic

#4E454B #4E4D45 #454E48 #45474E

square

#4E454B #4E4D45 #454E48 #45474E

split-complementary

#4E454B #474E45 #454E4D

monochromatic

#100E10 #2E282C #4E454B #6E626A #8E7F89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#4E454B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E454B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E454B

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E454B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E454B	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45474B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47484B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e454b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.016 338.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f787d',
    500: '#4e454b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e454b;
$custom-light: #7f787d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e454b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 6.122,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40159,
    "c": 0.01553,
    "h": 338
  },
  "luminance": 0.06384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E454B

secondary

#727D76

accent

#AF8B79

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E454B

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

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