#4E484F#4E484F

#4E484F is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.014 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E484F
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 79)
HSL	hsl(291, 5%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(291, 9%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 8.9%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.39, 4.01, -3.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.39, 5.17, 320.86°)
OKLab	oklab(41.01% 0.0109 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(41.01% 0.014 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8703, 6.8190, 8.3499)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E484F #494F48

analogous

#4B484F #4E484F #4F484D

triadic

#4E484F #4F4E48 #484F4E

tetradic

#4E484F #4F4B48 #494F48 #484D4F

square

#4E484F #4F4B48 #494F48 #484D4F

split-complementary

#4E484F #4D4F48 #484F4B

monochromatic

#100F10 #2E2B2F #4E484F #6E656F #8D838E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#4E484F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E484F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E484F

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E484F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E484F	1.00	8.88	2.36	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47494F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494A4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E494A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e484f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.014 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b80',
    500: '#4e484f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e484f;
$custom-light: #7f7b80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e484f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 4.636,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41006,
    "c": 0.01389,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E484F

secondary

#777D75

accent

#AE7A81

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E484F

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

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