#4E464E#4E464E

#4E464E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.017 H 325.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E464E
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 5%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(300, 10%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.76, 5.07, -3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.76, 6.19, 324.95°)
OKLab	oklab(40.5% 0.0139 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(40.5% 0.017 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7070, 6.5501, 8.1172)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E464E #464E46

analogous

#4A464E #4E464E #4E464A

triadic

#4E464E #4E4E46 #464E4E

tetradic

#4E464E #4E4A46 #464E46 #464A4E

square

#4E464E #4E4A46 #464E46 #464A4E

split-complementary

#4E464E #4A4E46 #464E4A

monochromatic

#100E10 #2E292E #4E464E #6E636E #8E818E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#4E464E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E464E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E464E

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E464E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E464E	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46484E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47494E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e464e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.017 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f797f',
    500: '#4e464e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e464e;
$custom-light: #7f797f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e464e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40503,
    "c": 0.01684,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E464E

secondary

#737C73

accent

#AF7979

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E464E

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

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