#4E4947#4E4947

#4E4947 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.008 H 43.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4947
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 71)
HSL	hsl(17, 5%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(17, 9%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.44, 1.67, 1.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.44, 2.56, 49.31°)
OKLab	oklab(40.96% 0.0055 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(40.96% 0.008 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6616, 6.8398, 6.9293)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4947 #474C4E

analogous

#4E4749 #4E4947 #4E4D47

triadic

#4E4947 #474E49 #49474E

tetradic

#4E4947 #494E47 #474C4E #4D474E

square

#4E4947 #494E47 #474C4E #4D474E

split-complementary

#4E4947 #474E4D #47494E

monochromatic

#100F0F #2E2B2A #4E4947 #6E6764 #8D8582

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#4E4947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E4947 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4947

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4947	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)

#4A4947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4A47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504848

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.008 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b7a',
    500: '#4e4947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4947;
$custom-light: #7f7b7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 4.698,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4096,
    "c": 0.00751,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4947

secondary

#747A7C

accent

#9FAE7A

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4947

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

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