#4E4A44#4E4A44

#4E4A44 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.011 H 78.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A44
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 68)
HSL	hsl(36, 7%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(36, 13%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 12.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.66, 0.44, 4.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.66, 4.20, 83.94°)
OKLab	oklab(41.1% 0.0023 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(41.1% 0.011 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6340, 6.9347, 6.4568)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A44 #44484E

analogous

#4E4544 #4E4A44 #4D4E44

triadic

#4E4A44 #444E4A #4A444E

tetradic

#4E4A44 #444E45 #44484E #4E444D

square

#4E4A44 #444E45 #44484E #4E444D

split-complementary

#4E4A44 #444D4E #45444E

monochromatic

#10100E #2D2B27 #4E4A44 #6F6961 #8E887E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#4E4A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E4A44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A44

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A44	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)

#4C4A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.011 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7c77',
    500: '#4e4a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a44;
$custom-light: #7f7c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41103,
    "c": 0.01116,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A44

secondary

#71767D

accent

#8EB078

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A44

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

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