#4E4A4E#4E4A4E

#4E4A4E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.008 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A4E
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 78)
HSL	hsl(300, 3%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(300, 5%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, 2.52, -1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 3.08, 324.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.44% 0.0069 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(41.44% 0.008 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9656, 7.0674, 8.2034)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A4E #4A4E4A

analogous

#4C4A4E #4E4A4E #4E4A4C

triadic

#4E4A4E #4E4E4A #4A4E4E

tetradic

#4E4A4E #4E4C4A #4A4E4A #4A4C4E

square

#4E4A4E #4E4C4A #4A4E4A #4A4C4E

split-complementary

#4E4A4E #4C4E4A #4A4E4C

monochromatic

#100F10 #2F2C2F #4E4A4E #6D686D #8C868C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#4E4A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E4A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A4E

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A4E	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4B4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4B4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.008 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7c7f',
    500: '#4e4a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a4e;
$custom-light: #7f7c7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 2.632,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41439,
    "c": 0.00837,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A4E

secondary

#787C78

accent

#AC7C7C

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A4E

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

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