#4E4A47#4E4A47

#4E4A47 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.007 H 59.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A47
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 71)
HSL	hsl(26, 5%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(26, 9%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.74, 1.04, 2.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.74, 2.60, 66.43°)
OKLab	oklab(41.2% 0.0037 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(41.2% 0.007 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7279, 6.9723, 6.9514)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A47 #474B4E

analogous

#4E4748 #4E4A47 #4E4E47

triadic

#4E4A47 #474E4A #4A474E

tetradic

#4E4A47 #484E47 #474B4E #4E474E

square

#4E4A47 #484E47 #474B4E #4E474E

split-complementary

#4E4A47 #474E4E #47484E

monochromatic

#100F0F #2E2C2A #4E4A47 #6E6864 #8D8782

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#4E4A47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E4A47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A47

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A47	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.007 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7c7a',
    500: '#4e4a47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a47;
$custom-light: #7f7c7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 4.698,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41198,
    "c": 0.00729,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A47

secondary

#74797C

accent

#98AE7A

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A47

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

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