#4E454D#4E454D

#4E454D is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.018 H 329.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E454D
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 77)
HSL	hsl(307, 6%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(307, 12%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 1.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.43, 5.49, -3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.43, 6.45, 328.22°)
OKLab	oklab(40.23% 0.0153 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(40.23% 0.018 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6094, 6.4119, 7.9092)
Luminance	0.0641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E454D #454E46

analogous

#4B454E #4E454D #4E4549

triadic

#4E454D #4D4E45 #454D4E

tetradic

#4E454D #4E4B45 #454E46 #45494E

square

#4E454D #4E4B45 #454E46 #45494E

split-complementary

#4E454D #494E45 #454E4B

monochromatic

#100E10 #2E282D #4E454D #6E626D #8E7F8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#4E454D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E454D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E454D

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E454D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E454D	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45474D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47484D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e454d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.018 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f787e',
    500: '#4e454d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e454d;
$custom-light: #7f787e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e454d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 6.122,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40233,
    "c": 0.01774,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E454D

secondary

#727D73

accent

#AF7F79

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E454D

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

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