#4E4A43#4E4A43

#4E4A43 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.013 H 81.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A43
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 67)
HSL	hsl(38, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(38, 14%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 14.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.63, 0.25, 4.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.63, 4.78, 87.01°)
OKLab	oklab(41.07% 0.0018 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(41.07% 0.013 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6037, 6.9226, 6.2974)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A43 #43474E

analogous

#4E4443 #4E4A43 #4C4E43

triadic

#4E4A43 #434E4A #4A434E

tetradic

#4E4A43 #434E44 #43474E #4E434C

square

#4E4A43 #434E44 #43474E #4E434C

split-complementary

#4E4A43 #434C4E #44434E

monochromatic

#10100E #2D2B27 #4E4A43 #6F695F #8F887C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#4E4A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E4A43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A43

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A43	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)

#4C4A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.013 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7c77',
    500: '#4e4a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a43;
$custom-light: #7f7c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 7.586,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41072,
    "c": 0.01259,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A43

secondary

#70757D

accent

#8CB177

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A43

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

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