#4E494F#4E494F

#4E494F is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.012 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E494F
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 79)
HSL	hsl(290, 4%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(290, 8%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 7.6%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, 3.37, -2.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 4.39, 320.11°)
OKLab	oklab(41.24% 0.0091 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(41.24% 0.012 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9355, 6.9493, 8.3716)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E494F #4A4F49

analogous

#4B494F #4E494F #4F494D

triadic

#4E494F #4F4E49 #494F4E

tetradic

#4E494F #4F4B49 #4A4F49 #494D4F

square

#4E494F #4F4B49 #4A4F49 #494D4F

split-complementary

#4E494F #4D4F49 #494F4B

monochromatic

#100F10 #2F2C2F #4E494F #6D666F #8C858E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#4E494F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E494F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E494F

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E494F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E494F	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e494f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.012 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b80',
    500: '#4e494f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e494f;
$custom-light: #7f7b80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e494f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 3.947,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4124,
    "c": 0.01178,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E494F

secondary

#787D77

accent

#AD7B83

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E494F

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