#4E494C#4E494C

#4E494C is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.008 H 340.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E494C
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 76)
HSL	hsl(324, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(324, 6%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 2.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, 2.72, -1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 2.91, 339.07°)
OKLab	oklab(41.13% 0.0078 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(41.13% 0.008 340.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8288, 6.9066, 7.8094)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E494C #494E4B

analogous

#4E494E #4E494C #4E494A

triadic

#4E494C #4C4E49 #494C4E

tetradic

#4E494C #4E4E49 #494E4B #494A4E

square

#4E494C #4E4E49 #494E4B #494A4E

split-complementary

#4E494C #4A4E49 #494E4E

monochromatic

#100F0F #2E2B2D #4E494C #6E676B #8D8589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#4E494C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E494C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E494C

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E494C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E494C	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494A4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4B4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F494A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e494c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.008 340.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b7e',
    500: '#4e494c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e494c;
$custom-light: #7f7b7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e494c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 324,
    "s": 3.311,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41131,
    "c": 0.00823,
    "h": 340.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E494C

secondary

#777C79

accent

#AD8F7B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E494C

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