#4E4946#4E4946

#4E4946 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.008 H 53.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4946
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 70)
HSL	hsl(23, 5%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(23, 10%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 10.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.41, 1.47, 2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.41, 2.93, 59.98°)
OKLab	oklab(40.93% 0.005 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(40.93% 0.008 53.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6298, 6.8271, 6.7617)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4946 #464B4E

analogous

#4E4647 #4E4946 #4E4D46

triadic

#4E4946 #464E49 #49464E

tetradic

#4E4946 #474E46 #464B4E #4D464E

square

#4E4946 #474E46 #464B4E #4D464E

split-complementary

#4E4946 #464E4D #46474E

monochromatic

#100F0E #2E2B29 #4E4946 #6E6763 #8E8681

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#4E4946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E4946 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4946

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4946	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504848

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.008 53.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b79',
    500: '#4e4946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4946;
$custom-light: #7f7b79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40927,
    "c": 0.00836,
    "h": 53.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4946

secondary

#73797C

accent

#9BAF79

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4946

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

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