#4E4845#4E4845

#4E4845 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.010 H 48.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4845
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 69)
HSL	hsl(20, 6%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(20, 12%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 11.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.08, 1.90, 2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.08, 3.30, 54.88°)
OKLab	oklab(40.66% 0.0063 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(40.66% 0.01 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5333, 6.6842, 6.5751)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4845 #454B4E

analogous

#4E4547 #4E4845 #4E4D45

triadic

#4E4845 #454E48 #48454E

tetradic

#4E4845 #474E45 #454B4E #4D454E

square

#4E4845 #474E45 #454B4E #4D454E

split-complementary

#4E4845 #454E4D #45474E

monochromatic

#100F0E #2E2A28 #4E4845 #6E6662 #8E847F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#4E4845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E4845 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4845

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4845	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)

#4A4845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.010 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a78',
    500: '#4e4845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4845;
$custom-light: #7f7a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 6.122,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40656,
    "c": 0.00951,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4845

secondary

#72797D

accent

#9DAF79

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4845

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

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