#4E4646#4E4646

#4E4646 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.011 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4646
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 70)
HSL	hsl(0, 5%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(0, 10%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 10.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.50, 3.37, 1.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.50, 3.59, 20.00°)
OKLab	oklab(40.22% 0.0104 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(40.22% 0.011 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4374, 6.4423, 6.6975)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4646 #464E4E

analogous

#4E464A #4E4646 #4E4A46

triadic

#4E4646 #464E46 #46464E

tetradic

#4E4646 #4A4E46 #464E4E #4A464E

square

#4E4646 #4A4E46 #464E4E #4A464E

split-complementary

#4E4646 #464E4A #464A4E

monochromatic

#100E0E #2E2929 #4E4646 #6E6363 #8E8181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#4E4646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E4646 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4646

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4646	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)

#474746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.011 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7979',
    500: '#4e4646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4646;
$custom-light: #7f7979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40216,
    "c": 0.01086,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4646

secondary

#737C7C

accent

#AFAF79

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4646

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

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