#4E454F#4E454F

#4E454F is a dark, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.020 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E454F
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 79)
HSL	hsl(294, 7%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(294, 13%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.50, 5.93, -4.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.50, 7.50, 322.27°)
OKLab	oklab(40.31% 0.0161 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(40.31% 0.02 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6811, 6.4405, 8.2868)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E454F #464F45

analogous

#49454F #4E454F #4F454B

triadic

#4E454F #4F4E45 #454F4E

tetradic

#4E454F #4F4945 #464F45 #454B4F

square

#4E454F #4F4945 #464F45 #454B4F

split-complementary

#4E454F #4B4F45 #454F49

monochromatic

#100E10 #2E282E #4E454F #6E6270 #8E7F8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#4E454F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E454F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E454F

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E454F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E454F	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#44474F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46484F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e454f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.020 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7880',
    500: '#4e454f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e454f;
$custom-light: #7f7880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e454f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 6.757,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4031,
    "c": 0.02024,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E454F

secondary

#737E72

accent

#B0787E

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E454F

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

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