#4E494B#4E494B

#4E494B is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.007 H 351.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E494B
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 75)
HSL	hsl(336, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(336, 6%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 3.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 2.50, -0.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 2.54, 349.93°)
OKLab	oklab(41.1% 0.0073 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(41.1% 0.007 351.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7943, 6.8928, 7.6278)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E494B #494E4C

analogous

#4E494E #4E494B #4E4A49

triadic

#4E494B #4B4E49 #494B4E

tetradic

#4E494B #4E4E49 #494E4C #4A494E

square

#4E494B #4E4E49 #494E4C #4A494E

split-complementary

#4E494B #494E4A #494E4E

monochromatic

#100F0F #2E2B2D #4E494B #6E6769 #8D8588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#4E494B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E494B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E494B

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E494B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E494B	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4B4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F494A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e494b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.007 351.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b7d',
    500: '#4e494b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e494b;
$custom-light: #7f7b7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e494b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336,
    "s": 3.311,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41096,
    "c": 0.0074,
    "h": 351.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E494B

secondary

#777C7A

accent

#AD997B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E494B

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