#4E4A49#4E4A49

#4E4A49 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.006 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A49
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 73)
HSL	hsl(12, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(12, 6%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 6.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.80, 1.45, 1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.80, 1.87, 39.37°)
OKLab	oklab(41.27% 0.0046 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(41.27% 0.006 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7931, 6.9984, 7.2950)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A49 #494D4E

analogous

#4E494B #4E4A49 #4E4D49

triadic

#4E4A49 #494E4A #4A494E

tetradic

#4E4A49 #4B4E49 #494D4E #4D494E

square

#4E4A49 #4B4E49 #494D4E #4D494E

split-complementary

#4E4A49 #494E4D #494B4E

monochromatic

#100F0F #2E2C2B #4E4A49 #6E6867 #8D8685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#4E4A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E4A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A49

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A49	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4B49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.006 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7c7b',
    500: '#4e4a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a49;
$custom-light: #7f7c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 3.311,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41265,
    "c": 0.00561,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A49

secondary

#777B7C

accent

#A3AD7B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A49

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

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