#4E474E#4E474E

#4E474E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.015 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E474E
RGB	rgb(78, 71, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 5%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(300, 9%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.06, 4.43, -3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.06, 5.41, 324.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% 0.0122 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.015 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7701, 6.6763, 8.1383)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E474E #474E47

analogous

#4B474E #4E474E #4E474B

triadic

#4E474E #4E4E47 #474E4E

tetradic

#4E474E #4E4B47 #474E47 #474B4E

square

#4E474E #4E4B47 #474E47 #474B4E

split-complementary

#4E474E #4B4E47 #474E4B

monochromatic

#100F10 #2E2A2E #4E474E #6E646E #8D828D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#4E474E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E474E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E474E

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E474E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E474E	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47494E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48494E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e474e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 71, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.015 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a7f',
    500: '#4e474e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e474e;
$custom-light: #7f7a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e474e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 4.698,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40735,
    "c": 0.01471,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E474E

secondary

#747C74

accent

#AE7A7A

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E474E

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

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