#4E4850#4E4850

#4E4850 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.015 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4850
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 80)
HSL	hsl(285, 5%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(285, 10%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 10%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.43, 4.23, -3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.43, 5.72, 317.68°)
OKLab	oklab(41.04% 0.0113 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(41.04% 0.015 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9070, 6.8337, 8.5430)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4850 #4A5048

analogous

#4A4850 #4E4850 #50484E

triadic

#4E4850 #504E48 #48504E

tetradic

#4E4850 #504A48 #4A5048 #484E50

square

#4E4850 #504A48 #4A5048 #484E50

split-complementary

#4E4850 #4E5048 #48504A

monochromatic

#100E10 #2F2B30 #4E4850 #6D6570 #8C838F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#4E4850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E4850 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4850

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4850	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484A50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E494B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.015 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b81',
    500: '#4e4850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4850;
$custom-light: #7f7b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41044,
    "c": 0.01526,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4850

secondary

#787E75

accent

#AE7987

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4850

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

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