#4E4A45#4E4A45

#4E4A45 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.010 H 73.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A45
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 69)
HSL	hsl(33, 6%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(33, 12%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 11.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, 0.64, 3.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 3.63, 79.87°)
OKLab	oklab(41.13% 0.0028 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(41.13% 0.01 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6647, 6.9470, 6.6189)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A45 #45494E

analogous

#4E4645 #4E4A45 #4E4E45

triadic

#4E4A45 #454E4A #4A454E

tetradic

#4E4A45 #454E46 #45494E #4E454E

square

#4E4A45 #454E46 #45494E #4E454E

split-complementary

#4E4A45 #454E4E #46454E

monochromatic

#100F0E #2E2B28 #4E4A45 #6E6962 #8E887F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#4E4A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E4A45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A45

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A45	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)

#4C4A45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.010 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7c78',
    500: '#4e4a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a45;
$custom-light: #7f7c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 6.122,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41134,
    "c": 0.00978,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A45

secondary

#72777D

accent

#91AF79

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A45

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

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