#4E494A#4E494A

#4E494A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.007 H 3.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E494A
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 74)
HSL	hsl(348, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(348, 6%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 5.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.53, 2.29, 0.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.53, 2.30, 3.79°)
OKLab	oklab(41.06% 0.0069 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(41.06% 0.007 3.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7603, 6.8793, 7.4489)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E494A #494E4D

analogous

#4E494D #4E494A #4E4B49

triadic

#4E494A #4A4E49 #494A4E

tetradic

#4E494A #4D4E49 #494E4D #4B494E

square

#4E494A #4D4E49 #494E4D #4B494E

split-complementary

#4E494A #494E4B #494D4E

monochromatic

#100F0F #2E2B2C #4E494A #6E6768 #8D8586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#4E494A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E494A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E494A

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E494A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E494A	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4A4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4A4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e494a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.007 3.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b7c',
    500: '#4e494a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e494a;
$custom-light: #7f7b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e494a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 3.311,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41061,
    "c": 0.00687,
    "h": 3.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E494A

secondary

#777C7B

accent

#ADA37B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E494A

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

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