#4E494D#4E494D

#4E494D is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.009 H 332.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E494D
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 77)
HSL	hsl(312, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(312, 6%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 1.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.63, 2.93, -1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.63, 3.36, 330.89°)
OKLab	oklab(41.17% 0.0082 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(41.17% 0.009 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8638, 6.9207, 7.9940)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E494D #494E4A

analogous

#4D494E #4E494D #4E494B

triadic

#4E494D #4D4E49 #494D4E

tetradic

#4E494D #4E4D49 #494E4A #494B4E

square

#4E494D #4E4D49 #494E4A #494B4E

split-complementary

#4E494D #4B4E49 #494E4D

monochromatic

#100F10 #2E2B2E #4E494D #6E676C #8D858B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#4E494D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E494D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E494D

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E494D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E494D	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494A4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F494A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e494d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.009 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b7e',
    500: '#4e494d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e494d;
$custom-light: #7f7b7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e494d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 312,
    "s": 3.311,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41167,
    "c": 0.00928,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E494D

secondary

#777C78

accent

#AD857B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E494D

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

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