#4E454E#4E454E

#4E454E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.019 H 325.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E454E
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 6%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(300, 12%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.46, 5.71, -3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.46, 6.97, 325.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.27% 0.0157 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(40.27% 0.019 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6450, 6.4261, 8.0966)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E454E #454E45

analogous

#4A454E #4E454E #4E454A

triadic

#4E454E #4E4E45 #454E4E

tetradic

#4E454E #4E4A45 #454E45 #454A4E

square

#4E454E #4E4A45 #454E45 #454A4E

split-complementary

#4E454E #4A4E45 #454E4A

monochromatic

#100E10 #2E282E #4E454E #6E626E #8E7F8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#4E454E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E454E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E454E

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E454E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E454E	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#44474E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46484E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e454e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.019 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f787f',
    500: '#4e454e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e454e;
$custom-light: #7f787f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e454e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 6.122,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40271,
    "c": 0.01896,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E454E

secondary

#727D72

accent

#AF7979

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E454E

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

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