#4E4945#4E4945

#4E4945 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.009 H 61.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4945
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 69)
HSL	hsl(27, 6%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(27, 12%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 11.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.38, 1.27, 3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.38, 3.39, 67.99°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% 0.0045 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.009 61.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5985, 6.8145, 6.5968)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4945 #454A4E

analogous

#4E4546 #4E4945 #4E4E45

triadic

#4E4945 #454E49 #49454E

tetradic

#4E4945 #464E45 #454A4E #4E454E

square

#4E4945 #464E45 #454A4E #4E454E

split-complementary

#4E4945 #454E4E #45464E

monochromatic

#100F0E #2E2B28 #4E4945 #6E6762 #8E867F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#4E4945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E4945 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4945

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4945	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504848

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.009 61.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b78',
    500: '#4e4945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4945;
$custom-light: #7f7b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 6.122,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40895,
    "c": 0.00941,
    "h": 61.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4945

secondary

#72787D

accent

#97AF79

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4945

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

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