#4E4748#4E4748

#4E4748 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.010 H 7.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4748
RGB	rgb(78, 71, 72)
HSL	hsl(351, 5%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(351, 9%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 7.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.86, 3.14, 0.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.86, 3.18, 8.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.52% 0.0095 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(40.52% 0.01 7.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5647, 6.5941, 7.0566)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4748 #474E4D

analogous

#4E474C #4E4748 #4E4A47

triadic

#4E4748 #484E47 #47484E

tetradic

#4E4748 #4C4E47 #474E4D #4A474E

square

#4E4748 #4C4E47 #474E4D #4A474E

split-complementary

#4E4748 #474E4A #474C4E

monochromatic

#100F0F #2E2A2A #4E4748 #6E6466 #8D8284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#4E4748 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E4748 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4748

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4748	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4748	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4748;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 71, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.010 7.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a7a',
    500: '#4e4748',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4748;
$custom-light: #7f7a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4748",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 4.698,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4052,
    "c": 0.00957,
    "h": 7.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4748

secondary

#747C7B

accent

#AEA67A

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4748

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

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