#4E494E#4E494E

#4E494E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.010 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E494E
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(300, 6%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.66, 3.15, -2.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.66, 3.86, 324.76°)
OKLab	oklab(41.2% 0.0087 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(41.2% 0.01 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8994, 6.9349, 8.1814)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E494E #494E49

analogous

#4C494E #4E494E #4E494C

triadic

#4E494E #4E4E49 #494E4E

tetradic

#4E494E #4E4C49 #494E49 #494C4E

square

#4E494E #4E4C49 #494E49 #494C4E

split-complementary

#4E494E #4C4E49 #494E4C

monochromatic

#100F10 #2E2B2E #4E494E #6E676E #8D858D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#4E494E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E494E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E494E

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E494E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E494E	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494A4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4B4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E494B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e494e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.010 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b7f',
    500: '#4e494e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e494e;
$custom-light: #7f7b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e494e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 3.311,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41203,
    "c": 0.01047,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E494E

secondary

#777C77

accent

#AD7B7B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E494E

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