#4E4846#4E4846

#4E4846 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.009 H 39.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4846
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 70)
HSL	hsl(15, 5%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(15, 10%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 10.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.11, 2.10, 2.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.11, 2.97, 45.02°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% 0.0068 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.009 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5646, 6.6967, 6.7399)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4846 #464C4E

analogous

#4E4648 #4E4846 #4E4C46

triadic

#4E4846 #464E48 #48464E

tetradic

#4E4846 #484E46 #464C4E #4C464E

square

#4E4846 #484E46 #464C4E #4C464E

split-complementary

#4E4846 #464E4C #46484E

monochromatic

#100F0E #2E2A29 #4E4846 #6E6663 #8E8481

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#4E4846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E4846 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4846

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4846	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)

#494946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.009 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a79',
    500: '#4e4846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4846;
$custom-light: #7f7a79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40689,
    "c": 0.00877,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4846

secondary

#737A7C

accent

#A1AF79

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4846

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

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