#4E4948#4E4948

#4E4948 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.007 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4948
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 72)
HSL	hsl(10, 4%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(10, 8%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 7.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, 1.88, 1.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 2.31, 35.64°)
OKLab	oklab(40.99% 0.0059 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(40.99% 0.007 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6940, 6.8527, 7.0997)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4948 #484D4E

analogous

#4E484A #4E4948 #4E4C48

triadic

#4E4948 #484E49 #49484E

tetradic

#4E4948 #4A4E48 #484D4E #4C484E

square

#4E4948 #4A4E48 #484D4E #4C484E

split-complementary

#4E4948 #484E4C #484A4E

monochromatic

#100F0F #2E2B2B #4E4948 #6E6765 #8D8583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#4E4948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E4948 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4948

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4948	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4A48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.007 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b7a',
    500: '#4e4948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4948;
$custom-light: #7f7b7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 4,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40993,
    "c": 0.00693,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4948

secondary

#767B7C

accent

#A5AD7B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4948

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

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