#4E4950#4E4950

#4E4950 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.013 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4950
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 80)
HSL	hsl(283, 5%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(283, 9%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 8.8%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.72, 3.60, -3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.72, 4.95, 316.52°)
OKLab	oklab(41.28% 0.0095 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(41.28% 0.013 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9722, 6.9640, 8.5647)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4950 #4B5049

analogous

#4B4950 #4E4950 #50494E

triadic

#4E4950 #504E49 #49504E

tetradic

#4E4950 #504B49 #4B5049 #494E50

square

#4E4950 #504B49 #4B5049 #494E50

split-complementary

#4E4950 #4E5049 #49504B

monochromatic

#100F10 #2F2C30 #4E4950 #6D6670 #8C848F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#4E4950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E4950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4950

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4950	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494B50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.013 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b81',
    500: '#4e4950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4950;
$custom-light: #7f7b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 4.575,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41278,
    "c": 0.01317,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4950

secondary

#797E76

accent

#AE7A89

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDEE

border

#C9C8C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4950

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

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