#4E4843#4E4843

#4E4843 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.012 H 62.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4843
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 67)
HSL	hsl(27, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(27, 14%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 14.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.02, 1.51, 3.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.02, 4.18, 68.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.59% 0.0054 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(40.59% 0.012 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4723, 6.6598, 6.2536)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4843 #43494E

analogous

#4E4343 #4E4843 #4E4D43

triadic

#4E4843 #434E48 #48434E

tetradic

#4E4843 #434E43 #43494E #4D434E

square

#4E4843 #434E43 #43494E #4D434E

split-complementary

#4E4843 #434E4D #43434E

monochromatic

#100F0E #2D2A27 #4E4843 #6F665F #8F857C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#4E4843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E4843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4843

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4843	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.012 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a77',
    500: '#4e4843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4843;
$custom-light: #7f7a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 7.586,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40592,
    "c": 0.01155,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4843

secondary

#70777D

accent

#97B177

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4843

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

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