#4E484A#4E484A

#4E484A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.009 H 355.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E484A
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 74)
HSL	hsl(340, 4%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(340, 8%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 5.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.23, 2.92, -0.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.23, 2.94, 354.34°)
OKLab	oklab(40.83% 0.0086 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(40.83% 0.009 355.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6951, 6.7489, 7.4272)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E484A #484E4C

analogous

#4E484D #4E484A #4E4948

triadic

#4E484A #4A4E48 #484A4E

tetradic

#4E484A #4D4E48 #484E4C #49484E

square

#4E484A #4D4E48 #484E4C #49484E

split-complementary

#4E484A #484E49 #484D4E

monochromatic

#100F0F #2E2B2C #4E484A #6E6568 #8D8387

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#4E484A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E484A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E484A

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E484A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E484A	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49494A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4A4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e484a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.009 355.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b7c',
    500: '#4e484a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e484a;
$custom-light: #7f7b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e484a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 4,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40825,
    "c": 0.00865,
    "h": 355.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E484A

secondary

#767C7A

accent

#AD9C7B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E484A

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

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