#4E474F#4E474F

#4E474F is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.016 H 322.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E474F
RGB	rgb(78, 71, 79)
HSL	hsl(293, 5%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(293, 10%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 10.1%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, 4.65, -3.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 5.94, 321.44°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.0126 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.016 322)
XYZ	xyz(6.8062, 6.6907, 8.3285)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E474F #484F47

analogous

#4A474F #4E474F #4F474C

triadic

#4E474F #4F4E47 #474F4E

tetradic

#4E474F #4F4A47 #484F47 #474C4F

square

#4E474F #4F4A47 #484F47 #474C4F

split-complementary

#4E474F #4C4F47 #474F4A

monochromatic

#100E10 #2E2A2F #4E474F #6E646F #8D828F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#4E474F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E474F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E474F

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E474F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E474F	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46494F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48494F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E484A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e474f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 71, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.016 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a80',
    500: '#4e474f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e474f;
$custom-light: #7f7a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e474f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 5.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40773,
    "c": 0.01601,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.06691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E474F

secondary

#767D74

accent

#AE7980

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E474F

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

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